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toughie; toughy
noun
a tough person or situation US, 1929- I couldn’t think of a way because it was a real toughie[.] — Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside, p. 155, 1952
- The summer after I opened the bar, a 22-year-old toughy sat up front in the corner. — Helen P. Branson, Gay Bar, p. 45, 1957
- On one side of us were bikers and toughies wearing patches that said, Road Rats, Nightingale, Windsor and hangers on. — Jamie Mandelkau quoting Ken Kesey, Buttons, p. 152, 1971
- I knew I was a toughie. — Kevin Sampson, Clubland, p. 120, 2002
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