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Definition of Toughs
1. tough [v] - See also: tough
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toughs
Literary usage of Toughs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"Mv friend grew confidential and intimated that he had made the acquaintance of
a man who had recently arrived in OLD AND YOUNG toughs PLAYING CARDS ON THE ..."
2. Trooper and Redskin in the Far North-West: Recollections of Life in the by John G. Donkin (1889)
"... language —On sentry—Dawn—Gambling—Field-days—Indian graves —A ranche—Cowboys—A
suggestion on dress—" toughs "— Indian depredation and a skirmish. ..."
3. The British Drama: Comprehending the Best Plays in the English Language (1804)
"[toughs and blushes. Edg. Come, don't vou be at your tricks now I am sure there's
ten times more love in that, and fifty times the Satisfaction, ..."
4. Darkness and Daylight, Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1900)
"My friend grew confidential and intimated that he had made the acquaintance of
a man who had recently arrived in OLD AND YOUNG toughs PLAYING ..."
5. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1901)
"... journal to this effect : ' A very desirable community of sportsmen, and a good
country, are in want of an MFH' AN ADVENTURE WITH 'toughs.' By WILLOW. ..."
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