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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 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

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 hotter grew his repartee till, by sheer abuse, he gained the ascendancy; but there was no sane statement of what he would propose as a remedy.

From Some Everyday Folk and Dawn by Franklin, Miles

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



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