roughie
1/ (ˈrʌfɪ) /
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)
something unfair, esp a trick: he put a roughie over
(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. MolesworthI can see roughie'—for Rough, had considered it more manly to stay in the shop—'and Mr.—your papa, Celestina.
The Rectory Children | Mrs MolesworthAs ill-luck would have it, she found the 'something' in the shape of my poor darling roughie!
The House That Grew | Mrs. MolesworthHe 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. MolesworthBut 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
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