| 释义 |
rough-up slang.
[f. rough v.]
a. An informal encounter or contest.
b. A trial race.
1889Referee 26 Jan. (Farmer), In a similar rough up with the gloves to that under notice. 1902Times 26 Nov. 4/5 In his opinion there was no difference between a rough-up and a trial. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 6 Dec. 24/4 [Bridge] The council, while signifying approval, wants to make it clear that in future all inter-State rough-ups will be its pigeon. 1951E. Rickman Come racing with Me x. 85 This one may be fit enough in a week or two to be given a ‘rough-up’ (a good gallop with companions but not a formal trial).
c. A fight; a brawl.
1896Sessions Papers Cent. Criminal Court 22 June, There was a little rough up, and I found myself stabbed in my arm. 1950K. S. Prichard Winged Seeds 26 There'd 've been a rough-up in no time, and only half a dozen of us with Paddy against forty or fifty men.
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1919V. Marshall World of Living Dead 69 The ‘donkey-dipper’ is another kind of pick-pocket. He works alone, and his methods are to grip, to rip, and to run. ‘A dead rough-up’—thus the more scientific of the fraternity designate him in their scorn. |