roughie

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/ (ˈrʌfɪ) /


noun
  1. a small food fish of the family Arripididae, found in southern and western Australian waters: Also called: orange roughy, ruff, tommy rough

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British Dictionary definitions for roughie (2 of 2)

roughie2

nounAustralian slang
  1. something unfair, esp a trick: he put a roughie over

  2. (in horse racing) an outsider that wins

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How to use roughie in a sentence

  • Mr. Trevor glanced, still a little doubtfully, at roughie in my arms.

    The House That Grew | Mrs. Molesworth
  • I can see roughie'—for Rough, had considered it more manly to stay in the shop—'and Mr.—your papa, Celestina.

    The Rectory Children | Mrs Molesworth
  • As ill-luck would have it, she found the 'something' in the shape of my poor darling roughie!

    The House That Grew | Mrs. Molesworth
  • He ran—of course the noise got worse; he ran faster, and it grew louder—faster still—oh, my poor roughie!

    The House That Grew | Mrs. Molesworth
  • But for my having him in my arms, he would have made an end of roughie, and certainly I would never have told this story.

    The House That Grew | Mrs. Molesworth