roughie

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English

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Etymology

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From rough +‎ -ie.

Noun

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roughie (plural roughies)

  1. Alternative form of roughy (type of fish)
  2. (film, slang) A film portraying rough sex.
    • 2021, Rashna Wadia Richards, Cinematic TV: Serial Drama Goes to the Movies, page 97:
      Wishman's film is typically classified as a roughie within sexploitation cinema.

Scots

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Noun

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roughie

  1. dried heath