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ˈrough-riding, vbl. n.
[f. after rough-rider.]
The action of a rough-rider. Also fig.
1776G. Colman Let. 21 July in Private Corr. D. Garrick (1831) I. 231 After a great deal of rough riding, I have got him to accept bills of exchange payable in two and four months. 1844Disraeli Coningsby v. iii, The Prince Colonna, who, since the steeple-chase, had imbibed a morbid predilection for such amusements, and indeed for every species of rough-riding. 1864Knight Passages Work. Life II. vi. 121 He did me..good in his rough-riding when I was learning my paces in this intellectual manège. 1969Telegraph (Brisbane) 17 May 3/2 Thrill-seeking boys..have discovered a dangerous new pastime—riding in tall buildings on the top of a lift cage... The boys call it ‘rough-riding’.
So ˈrough-riding ppl. a.
1881J. Russell Haigs xiv. 426 With the rough-riding men on both sides of the frontier, to meet was to fight. 1898Daily News 31 May 2/3 Qualifying themselves to become rough-riding sergeants and instructors of young recruits. |