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rough-and-ready
adjective as in crude but serviceable
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Then came the rough-and-ready sentence of the camp-followers.
The girl was too refined to cope with the rough-and-ready young patronesses of The Bunhouse.
Still the rough-and-ready methods of the earlier centuries were certainly cheaper, and the result was much the same.
He was the head of the family of Nideck, a rough-and-ready warrior, I can tell you.
The problem is similar to the present one, except that it is rough-and-ready, compared to the present one.
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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rough-and-ready, such as: ad-lib, basic, crude, extemporaneous, improvised, and jerry-built.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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