toughie
Example Sentences
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Cardellini: Yeah, that line was a — that was a toughie.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023
When asked about Judy Garland, he’d say, “I thought she was going to be a toughie, but she wasn’t.”
From The New Yorker • Jul. 11, 2018
The first three rounds are cagey before Junior Granados, a toughie from Mexico, serves notice of his power by buzzing Conlan in the fourth.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2015
When one member, Kevin Kusinitz, 54, played the toughie, he said stuttering in public caused him “frustration and a little bit of self-loathing.”
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2011
“I knew you were an old toughie the minute I saw you.”
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
