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rougher

[ruhf-er] / ˈrʌf ər /






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Rougher landscapes, like Northwestern, demand a fashion staple like a poncho, a tentlike affair that lends a certain army-surplus charm to fragile freshmen huddled beneath.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rougher minds than Leighton's have produced more epic effects, and a ruder, less accomplished "technique" has borne with it more original, more trenchant ideas.

From The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II by Barrington, Mrs. Russell

Rougher arrangements.—A small ball made by tying chamois leather round soft rags, may be used in the absence of a roller.

From Finger Prints by Galton, Francis, Sir

Rougher but friendlier shelter than you have given me no man could ask for.

From Gulliver of Mars by Arnold, Edwin Lester Linden

Rougher and more hilly become the roads as we gradually penetrate farther and farther into the foot-hills.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas



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