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toughie
or ٴdzܲ·
[ tuhf-ee ]
noun
Informal.
plural toughies.
- a tough person, especially one who is belligerent:
The sheriff was a local toughie with very little patience for outsiders.
- a difficult problem or situation:
That math test was a real toughie!
- a harsh or blunt book, movie, etc.
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"We were not toughies and they made us toughies – I became a trained infantry man," he said.
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Quiz five out of five and this one is a toughie.
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When the waitress, a toughie who intimidated us when she took our order, brought out the soup, she glared at us as she dropped it at the table.
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Mind you, the first knockout hurdle on the road to Istanbul looks a toughie.
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The Supreme Court will end up hearing about 70 cases a year — in theory the toughest of the toughies — and 40% of the time the justices will still issue a unanimous ruling.
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