Example sentences from the Web for roughie

He 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. Molesworth
I can see Roughie'—for Rough, had considered it more manly to stay in the shop—'and Mr.—your papa, Celestina.
The Rectory Children|Mrs Molesworth
Mr. Trevor glanced, still a little doubtfully, at Roughie in my arms.
The House That Grew|Mrs. Molesworth
But 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

roughie

/ (ˈrʌfɪ) /

noun

a small food fish of the family Arripididae, found in southern and western Australian watersAlso called: orange roughy, ruff, tommy rough

Words nearby roughie

roughen, rougher, rough fish, rough-hew, roughhouse, roughie, roughing-in, roughing mill, roughish, rough it, rough-legged buzzard

British Dictionary definitions for roughie (2 of 2)

roughie²

noun Australian slang

something unfair, esp a trickhe put a roughie over

(in horse racing) an outsider that wins

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单词	roughie
释义	Example sentences from the Web for roughie He 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. Molesworth I can see Roughie'—for Rough, had considered it more manly to stay in the shop—'and Mr.—your papa, Celestina. The Rectory Children\|Mrs Molesworth Mr. Trevor glanced, still a little doubtfully, at Roughie in my arms. The House That Grew\|Mrs. Molesworth But 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 roughie ¹ / (ˈrʌfɪ) / noun a small food fish of the family Arripididae, found in southern and western Australian watersAlso called: orange roughy, ruff, tommy rough Words nearby roughie roughen, rougher, rough fish, rough-hew, roughhouse, roughie, roughing-in, roughing mill, roughish, rough it, rough-legged buzzard British Dictionary definitions for roughie (2 of 2) roughie² noun Australian slang something unfair, esp a trickhe put a roughie over (in horse racing) an outsider that wins Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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