toughie
Example Sentences
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Quiz five out of five and this one is a toughie.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024
Cardellini: Yeah, that line was a — that was a toughie.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023
In contrast, Mapplethorpe, who emerged in the anything-goes 1970s, explored his various identities “as a woman, as a gangster, as a devilish imp, as a toughie, as nothing special.”
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2018
When asked about Judy Garland, he’d say, “I thought she was going to be a toughie, but she wasn’t.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 11, 2018
“I knew you were an old toughie the minute I saw you.”
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
