rough-hew
or rough·hew
to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
to shape roughly; give crude form to.
Origin of rough-hew
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How to use rough-hew in a sentence
Librizzi has always struck me as an admirable man, rough-hewn as a New York cabbie.
Red, Black, and Silver’ Just May Be Jackson Pollock’s Last Painting | Anthony Haden-Guest | January 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe man is uncivil and impolitic, rough-hewn enough for leather fringe and dung-crusted boots.
He glanced at the rough-hewn crowd by the rail, and said grimly: Mighty grateful to you fellows.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonIt is a large Norman bowl, rough-hewn and of ancient aspect, which when in use was for convenience set upon a wooden block.
William Bradford of Plymouth | Albert Hale PlumbAn outsider, one of the world's common folk, would have made but little out of Randolph's brief, rough-hewn sentences.
The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives | Elizabeth Strong Worthington
Slabsides, as he called this human birds-nest, was a two-story shack of rough-hewn timbers.
Heroes of To-Day | Mary R. ParkmanLarry was trained at reading faces; and in the rough-hewn, grinning features of Hunt he read good-fellowship.
Children of the Whirlwind | Leroy Scott
British Dictionary definitions for rough-hew
to cut or hew (timber, stone, etc) roughly without finishing the surface
Also: roughcast to shape roughly or crudely
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