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toughie

or ٴdzܲ·

[ tuhf-ee ]

noun

Informal.
plural toughies.
  1. a tough person, especially one who is belligerent:

    The sheriff was a local toughie with very little patience for outsiders.

  2. a difficult problem or situation:

    That math test was a real toughie!

  3. a harsh or blunt book, movie, etc.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of toughie1

First recorded in 1920–25; tough + -ie
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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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