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单词 rough tongue
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rough tongue
rough tongue n. rough, harsh, rude, or abrasive language or speech; such a manner or habit of speaking.In quot. 1671: a person characterized by this.
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1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 411 [He who] indued the fishermen with heauenly wisedome, and filed the rough tongue for readie deliuerie.
1612 J. Webster White Divel C 2v I do beseech you intreate him mildely, Let not your rough tongue Set vs at louder variance.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1066 A rougher tongue Draws hitherward, I know him by his stride. View more context for this quotation
1792 T. Thomson Comprehensive Hist. Eng. I. 862 Nor did Thurlow in private society restrain his irritable temper and rough tongue.
1890 Major-Gen. A. F. Bond in W. Rogerson Hist. Rec. 53rd (Shropshire) Regt. 206 Having..given them a taste of his rough tongue.
1903 J. Bryce Stud. in Contemp. Biogr. 303 Instances are not wanting of men who have maintained great influence in spite of their rough tongues and the enmities which rough tongues provoke.
2007 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 10 Nov. c11 Behind her rough tongue and no-nonsense story lies a real poet.
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