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Do without the usual comforts and conveniences, as in We spent our vacation roughing it in a log cabin . This idiom was first recorded in 1768. Mark Twain used it as the title of an account of his experiences in Nevada ( Roughing It , 1872).Discover More
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Rough-it, to put up with chance entertainment, to take pot-luck and what accommodation turns up, without sighing for better.
Mr. Blake expressly writes that his wife wishes to rough-it.
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