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单词 roughie
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roughien.

Brit. /ˈrʌfi/, U.S. /ˈrəfi/, Australian English /ˈrʌfi/, Australian English /ˈrʌfi/
Forms: 1800s– roughy, 1900s– roughie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rough adj., -y suffix6.
Etymology: < rough adj. + -y suffix6.
regional slang (now chiefly Australian and New Zealand).
1. A rough or rowdy person; a troublemaker; a bully.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > ruffianly conduct > ruffian > [noun] > raising outcry
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rowdy1814
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roughneck1834
rough1837
blood-tub1853
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > rough or boisterous > person
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brawlc1440
outcrier1535
tear-rogue1685
breacher1697
rowdy1814
roughiea1819
roughneck1834
rough1837
soap-lock1840
roughhouser1901
gurrier1936
a1819 J. Curry in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 158/1 Roughy,..a coarsely made, bullying fellow. Ant[rim].
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Nov. 33/1 With such a lot of roughies in the hall.
1971 P. Driscoll White Lie Assignment vii. 60 I know a roughie when I see one... He's just one of those blokes who can't stay away from trouble.
1990 A. Duff Once were Warriors (1994) ii. 22 Maybe she loved him more for being..a standout from the rest of the Pine Block roughies.
2005 C. Curran Whores on Hill 32 She picked up stragglers from the Southside, roughies, mean-looking cuties with mohawks.
2. Australian and New Zealand. Chiefly in dog and horse racing: an outsider.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance
lightweight1773
sticker1779
maiden1807
favourite1813
mile-horse1829
outsider1836
heavyweight1857
stayer1862
stoner1862
rank outsider1869
pick1872
pot1874
timer1881
resurrectionist1883
short head1883
pea1888
cert1889
stiffa1890
wrong 'un1889
on the mark1890
place horse1890
top-weight1892
miler1894
also-ran1895
selection1901
loser1902
hotpot1904
roughie1908
co-favourite1922
readier1922
springer1922
fav1935
scratch1938
no-hoper1943
shoo-in1950
scorer1974
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > greyhound racing > [noun] > greyhound by performance
runner-up1842
roughie1908
nap1926
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > sporting or hunting dog > for coursing
courser1600
striker1861
roughie1908
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > racehorse > outsider
outsider1836
caravanner1838
rank outsider1869
stiff one1871
stiffa1890
roughie1908
no-hoper1943
1908 N.Z. Truth 7 Mar. 2 It was of very little avail to them when the ‘roughie’ won easily.
1922 C. Drew Rogues & Ruses 11 Dig into them roughies.
1934 ‘S. Rudd’ Green Grey Homestead 155 Those who had lost a wager or two will turn to Bell and say: ‘You knew something about the roughie!’
1958 F. Hardy Four-legged Lottery 14 I might just have a shilling on a roughie.
1985 Bulletin (Sydney) 29 Oct. 48/1 Picking a winner is difficult... Alan Jones must be considered a roughie.
1995 Dominion (Wellington) 27 Jan. 21 (heading) Trainer put faith in roughie Rastes... He won the 1987 Wellington Cup at odds of 55–1.
3. Australian. A joke; a trick, deception; (also) an unfair practice. Esp. in to put a roughie over.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception
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overreach?1615
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dodge1638
gimcrack1639
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juggle1664
strategy1672
jilt1683
disingenuity1691
fun1699
jugglementa1708
spring1753
shavie1767
rig?1775
deception1794
Yorkshire bite1795
fakement1811
fake1829
practical1833
deceptivity1843
tread-behind1844
fly1861
schlenter1864
Sinonism1864
racket1869
have1885
ficelle1890
wheeze1903
fast one1912
roughie1914
spun-yarn trick1916
fastie1931
phoney baloney1933
fake-out1955
okey-doke1964
mind-fuck1971
1914 Kan-Karoo Kronikle 24 Oct. 20 Ginger springs a roughy: ‘Though we are not aboard a P & O we have a PI-AN-O aboard.’
1936 Red Star (Perth) 3 Apr. 3/4 A Low Trick. How is this for a ‘roughy’ put over by the Lake View and Star.
1939 K. Tennant Foveaux ii. i. 122 Kelly put a roughie over Charlie to-day.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. xv. 265 A roughie, toughie, hottie, crookie, swiftie, smartie will all be heard in male conversation to describe a joke or trick that is either agreeable or disagreeable.
1970 R. Beilby No Medals for Aphrodite 269 I bluffed him, put a roughie over him.
1998 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 7 May 20 Holdens are relying on the projection of an image of being Australian in spite of its ownership by ‘the General Motors empire’. You wouldn't be trying to pull a roughie, would you?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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