rough skin
US now historical
noun
A roughneck, a thug; specifically (usually with capital initials) a member of a mid-19th cent. Baltimore gang supporting the American Party and renowned for its violent behaviour; usually in plural.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Jamestown (New York) Journal.
- green plot
- green plover
- green pollack
- green pound
- green racer
- green ray
- green revolution
- green ribbon
- Green River
- green road
- green rod
- green roof
- green room
- green rose
- green rushes
- green salad
- green-salted
- greensand
- green sandpiper
- green sauce
- Greensboro
- green schist
- greenschist facies
- green screen
- green seal