rough stuffn.

Brit.

/ˈrʌf stʌf/, U.S.

/ˈrəf ˌstəf/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rough adj., stuff n.¹

Etymology: < rough adj. + stuff n.¹

1. An inferior kind of tallow. Now rare.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [noun] > derived from animals > tallow > types or forms of

tallow-loaf1483

patch-grease1614

town tallow1734

rough stuff1798

1798 Prince's London Price Current 8 June Tallow (namely) Country Melted 48s 6d,..also Melted Stuff 39s to 41s, and Rough Stuff 26s to 29s per cwt.

1853 Notts. Guardian 31 Mar. 6/6 Yellow Russian Tallow, 46s; Melted Stuff, 34s; Rough Stuff; 22s.

1903 Bull. Dept. Labor Jan. 84 Inferior kinds of animal tallow used for soap making are known as melted stuff, rough stuff, and town tallow.

1939 Times 20 Oct. 14/6 The following prices per cwt. have been assessed for outstanding contracts in home-produced tallow based on Market Letter quotations:..rough stuff, 6d.

2. Coarse paint or filler applied (usually in several coats) before a final coat of paint on the wooden bodywork of a carriage or (in later use) a car. Now historical.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > paint > types of

whitewash?1584

rough stuff1841

enamel paint1865

tempera1883

surfacer1885

Bitumastic1889

plastic paint1925

spray-paint1928

emulsion paint1939

Snowcem1939

Day-Glo1944

Artex1952

latex1954

matt1977

1841 O. Campbell Treat. Carriage, Sign, & Ornamental Painting 34 Give the body three or four coats of what some Painters call ‘Rub-stuff’, other ‘Rough-stuff’.

1860 N.Y. Coach-maker's Mag. Mar. 135 We have given it two coats of oil-lead, then puttied it up..; we have then given five or six coats of rough stuff.

1913 A. Hamilton Hygiene Painters' Trade 42 Cheaper vehicles have fewer coats of rough stuff, color, and varnish.

2003 H. E. Weiss Chrysler, Ford, Durant, & Sloan 36 The car bodies were wood and were varnished [sc. in 1914]. The varnish process had four to six coats of ‘rough stuff`’, two ground coats, four to six colour coats and two clear coats.

3. Material used for the bottom part of boots and shoes. Chiefly attributive, esp. in rough stuff cutter, rough stuff cutting. Now historical.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather for boots or shoes

sole-leather1408

clout-leathera1500

bend-leather1581

footing1591

upper leather1629

capping-leathera1642

shoe leather1660

crop-sole1824

pannus corium1841

shoe-butt1858

rough stuff1860

zug1899

1860 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 5 Aug. (advt.) To the shoe trade. Wanted, an experienced salesman. Also a rough stuff cutter.

1889 Charity Organisation Rev. Jan. 7 Clickers cut out the leather for the uppers, rough-stuff cutters that for the soles and heels.

1946 H. A. Silverman in Stud. Industr. Organization (2006) v. 202 Male workers only are employed in the press and rough-stuff department.

2006 E. George Seventeenth Child 149 The main stages of boot and shoe production were: Clicking—cutting out the uppers. Rough stuff cutting—cutting of all other materials for the shoe.

4. colloquial.

a. With plural agreement: the rougher or more disorderly part of some community. In singular: a rough or disorderly person or thing. Now rare.

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1875 London Society Feb. 117/2 Does it count for nothing to be able to attract hundreds night after night—thousands of the rough stuff of those northern cities?

1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 42 Rough stuff, an undisciplined, reckless, indecent, disorderly or disrespectful person or thing.

1922 T. Burke London Spy (2009) 290 Its [sc. Brighton's] sea-front on Sundays is a..galanty-show of racing men, the rough stuff of the London stage, publicans, third-rate artists, [etc.].

b. Originally U.S. Unruliness; disorderly, boisterous, or violent behaviour.

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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun]

outragec1300

outrakea1400

storming1461

outrageousty1485

outraying1487

ruffianry1583

ruffianism1589

thuggery1838

thuggism1859

mayhem1870

hooliganism1898

rough stuff1913

yobbism1969

yobbery1973

1913 J. London Valley of Moon i. iv. 32 There's goin' to be rough stuff down there in a minute.

1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap ii. 30 But you'll have to be firm, because he's full of tricks. And if he starts any rough stuff, just come to me.

1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. i. 24 His chief occupation..was..treating women in general with what is, I believe, known in the world of the film as ‘rough stuff’.

1978 Lancs. Life Apr. 73/2 The presence of a girl in a group of tipsy young men keeps them in check, however: the laughs are there but the rough stuff isn't.

1993 I. Asimov Forward Found. 13 ‘Don't start anything, Professor. He's got goons with him.’ ‘Goons?’ ‘For rough stuff, in case anyone tries anything funny.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rough stuff
释义	rough stuffn. Brit. /ˈrʌf stʌf/, U.S. /ˈrəf ˌstəf/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rough adj., stuff n.¹ Etymology: < rough adj. + stuff n.¹ 1. An inferior kind of tallow. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [noun] > derived from animals > tallow > types or forms of tallow-loaf1483 patch-grease1614 town tallow1734 rough stuff1798 1798 Prince's London Price Current 8 June Tallow (namely) Country Melted 48s 6d,..also Melted Stuff 39s to 41s, and Rough Stuff 26s to 29s per cwt. 1853 Notts. Guardian 31 Mar. 6/6 Yellow Russian Tallow, 46s; Melted Stuff, 34s; Rough Stuff; 22s. 1903 Bull. Dept. Labor Jan. 84 Inferior kinds of animal tallow used for soap making are known as melted stuff, rough stuff, and town tallow. 1939 Times 20 Oct. 14/6 The following prices per cwt. have been assessed for outstanding contracts in home-produced tallow based on Market Letter quotations:..rough stuff, 6d. 2. Coarse paint or filler applied (usually in several coats) before a final coat of paint on the wooden bodywork of a carriage or (in later use) a car. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > paint > types of whitewash?1584 rough stuff1841 enamel paint1865 tempera1883 surfacer1885 Bitumastic1889 plastic paint1925 spray-paint1928 emulsion paint1939 Snowcem1939 Day-Glo1944 Artex1952 latex1954 matt1977 1841 O. Campbell Treat. Carriage, Sign, & Ornamental Painting 34 Give the body three or four coats of what some Painters call ‘Rub-stuff’, other ‘Rough-stuff’. 1860 N.Y. Coach-maker's Mag. Mar. 135 We have given it two coats of oil-lead, then puttied it up..; we have then given five or six coats of rough stuff. 1913 A. Hamilton Hygiene Painters' Trade 42 Cheaper vehicles have fewer coats of rough stuff, color, and varnish. 2003 H. E. Weiss Chrysler, Ford, Durant, & Sloan 36 The car bodies were wood and were varnished [sc. in 1914]. The varnish process had four to six coats of ‘rough stuff`’, two ground coats, four to six colour coats and two clear coats. 3. Material used for the bottom part of boots and shoes. Chiefly attributive, esp. in rough stuff cutter, rough stuff cutting. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > leather > [noun] > leather for boots or shoes sole-leather1408 clout-leathera1500 bend-leather1581 footing1591 upper leather1629 capping-leathera1642 shoe leather1660 crop-sole1824 pannus corium1841 shoe-butt1858 rough stuff1860 zug1899 1860 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 5 Aug. (advt.) To the shoe trade. Wanted, an experienced salesman. Also a rough stuff cutter. 1889 Charity Organisation Rev. Jan. 7 Clickers cut out the leather for the uppers, rough-stuff cutters that for the soles and heels. 1946 H. A. Silverman in Stud. Industr. Organization (2006) v. 202 Male workers only are employed in the press and rough-stuff department. 2006 E. George Seventeenth Child 149 The main stages of boot and shoe production were: Clicking—cutting out the uppers. Rough stuff cutting—cutting of all other materials for the shoe. 4. colloquial. a. With plural agreement: the rougher or more disorderly part of some community. In singular: a rough or disorderly person or thing. Now rare. ΚΠ 1875 London Society Feb. 117/2 Does it count for nothing to be able to attract hundreds night after night—thousands of the rough stuff of those northern cities? 1919 W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 42 Rough stuff, an undisciplined, reckless, indecent, disorderly or disrespectful person or thing. 1922 T. Burke London Spy (2009) 290 Its [sc. Brighton's] sea-front on Sundays is a..galanty-show of racing men, the rough stuff of the London stage, publicans, third-rate artists, [etc.]. b. Originally U.S. Unruliness; disorderly, boisterous, or violent behaviour. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] outragec1300 outrakea1400 storming1461 outrageousty1485 outraying1487 ruffianry1583 ruffianism1589 thuggery1838 thuggism1859 mayhem1870 hooliganism1898 rough stuff1913 yobbism1969 yobbery1973 1913 J. London Valley of Moon i. iv. 32 There's goin' to be rough stuff down there in a minute. 1915 H. L. Wilson Ruggles of Red Gap ii. 30 But you'll have to be firm, because he's full of tricks. And if he starts any rough stuff, just come to me. 1925 G. K. Chesterton Everlasting Man i. i. 24 His chief occupation..was..treating women in general with what is, I believe, known in the world of the film as ‘rough stuff’. 1978 Lancs. Life Apr. 73/2 The presence of a girl in a group of tipsy young men keeps them in check, however: the laughs are there but the rough stuff isn't. 1993 I. Asimov Forward Found. 13 ‘Don't start anything, Professor. He's got goons with him.’ ‘Goons?’ ‘For rough stuff, in case anyone tries anything funny.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1798
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