roughie
/ˈrʌfi
/noun
1 dialect & Australian, dated A hooligan.That makes him, to use the vernacular, a roughie....
- They have always been happy to exploit sexual innuendo, while all the time claiming that it - not the roughies on the other side - stood for civility in political debate.
1.1Australian /NZ An unfair or unreasonable act.
2Australian /NZ An outsider in a horse race.Three roughies if your looking for better money are Yippio, Primrose sands and always the bridesmaid, Kaapstad Way.
3 variant spelling of roughy.
