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rough-and-read⋅y

  [ruhf-uhn-red-ee]
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–adjective
1. rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
2. exhibiting or showing rough vigor rather than refinement or delicacy: a cowboy—the rough-and-ready type.
Origin:
1800–10

Related forms:
rough-and-read⋅i⋅ness, noun
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rough and ready

Unrefined or makeshift but available for use or action, as in The agenda is somewhat rough and ready, but it covers the main issues. [First half of 1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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