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toughie or toughy tough′y (tuf′ē)

noun pl. toughies -·ies

  1. a tough person; ruffian
  2. a difficult problem or situation

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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