rough-and-ready
Example Sentences
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To call this the rough-and-ready style of a workshop would not do as an excuse: A workshop requires workmanship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
The rough-and-ready stemmed projectile points, made from whatever rocks were on hand, differ significantly from so-called Clovis points.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 22, 2022
According to an annual survey of new vehicle owners from the consumer-research firm Strategic Vision, the vast majority almost never employ their rough-and-ready vehicles for towing or off-roading.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2022
The City of Paris department store, begun in the rough-and-ready 1850s as S. Lazard and Company, for Solomon Lazard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
For news or mail or evidence of what Rachel calls The Pale Which We Are Way Beyond, we wait for the rough-and-ready airplane pilot, Mr. Eeben Axelroot.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
