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Definition of Teugh
1. tough [adj] : TEUGHLY [adv] - See also: tough
Lexicographical Neighbors of Teugh
Literary usage of Teugh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Nae man can tether time or tide ; . . Tam o' Shanter. 7. teugh [tough]. ... I.
teugh Johnie, staunch Geordie and Wattie, . lb. til. ..."
2. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"teugh, I To labor. ... He's done nout but teugh'd about au neet." 4. " He teugh'd
mortar," he worked or mixed it well. ..."
3. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"teugh, I To labor. ... He's done nout but teugh'd about au neet." 4. " He teugh'd
mortar," he worked or mixed it well. ..."
4. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, & Affinity to Other by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"teugh, TOUGH, tedious, difficult. ... teugh wark." Apparently, the original sense
of the word. ..."
5. A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and by John Trotter Brockett (1829)
"teugh wark." Apparently, the original sense of the word. TH, frequently changed
into D; as father, to fader ; mother, to moder; Rothbury, ..."
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