rough-and-ready
Example Sentences
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Some showstopping pieces were sold at Vivienne Westwood’s London shop Seditionaries, which revolutionized a rough-and-ready pop-culture style that still resonates to this day.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
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
From the genteel Thomas the Tank Engine to the rough-and-ready racecar Lightning McQueen, children’s entertainment has been filled with talking cartoon vehicles that run on feelings as much as on fuel.
From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022
To be sure, he was a rough-and-ready man.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
