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Meanings of roughneck in English
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Examples for "tough"
Examples for "tough"
1
But tough conditions could continue for longer in some regions, he said.
2
The Hungarian parliament last week passed tough new legislation on illegal immigrants.
3
However, the rest of the national daily market suffered a tough October.
4
Talk to the public information officer. Abrams' voice belied his tough talk.
5
They have responded to the tough sugar market conditions in different ways.
1
Otherwise, Vladimir Putin may conclude he can bully countries inside the EU.
2
But I shall deny him the chance to bully me in public.
3
On that Twitter fight, Badu said, I just had to bully control.
4
Until one day, Felicity told the bully 'enough' and it all stopped.
5
Only social media makes it possible to bully on such a scale.
1
The infuriated ruffian sheathed his weapon in the heart of the Baroness.
2
You could no longer bear the idea of this ruffian owning her?
3
It seemed to abash the ruffian, in spite of his habitual effrontery.
4
It was the ruffian Forget who had the courage to answer him:
5
And the ruffian chuckled in a half-covert manner at his own pun.
1
While rowdy at times, the fans always carried themselves with good humour.
2
The latter can be a rowdy event at the best of times.
3
And towards the end of the day fatigue kept the rowdy-minded quiet.
4
A rowdy meeting in Katikati demand a bypass of State Highway 2.
5
But perhaps most importantly Singapore does not tolerate rowdy protests or demonstrations.
1
IGNITING a flare is a risk worth taking for a wannabe hooligan.
2
The origin of both hooley and hooligan is unascertained, according to Oxford.
3
It is as if a judge, sentencing a hooligan, were to say:
4
Certainly anyone looking to interview a hooligan element would have been disappointedon Saturday.
5
The absence of the father gave the boy liberty to be a hooligan.
1
Who would dress an animal up like that yob in the mall?
2
The story confirms Varoufakis as some mix of genius and yob.
3
The yob whirled round, sweeping his surroundings with a roar.
4
The flash flickered, the yob threw up a clawed hand.
5
Well, I gave him a 'yob' over at the yards.
1
The Former Everton defender Yobo is also on his way out.
2
Paul Pogba took full advantage and Joseph Yobo's late own goal sealed Nigeria's fate.
3
No Joseph Yobo there, of course, because the Nigerian FA forgot to include him in their squad.
4
Joseph Yobo might have expected to enter the monthly Everton supporters' meal to a round of applause.
5
The Goodison futures of Joseph Yobo and James Vaughan are also in doubt ahead of the transfer deadline.
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Tell him it's important this yobbo here sees someone right away.
2
He sees the arrest and handcuffing of a yobbo near Didcot.
3
We, other families and astounded foreign tourists were subjected to yobbo antics until 5am.
4
It is set in the run-down flat of Chris, a yobbo who steals videos.
5
He talks about overstretched hospitals, disrespectful children, yobbo culture, how he was mugged in Brighton recently.
Usage of roughneck in English
1
Then the roughneck kicks because he got a belly full of Yukon.
2
But does the abrasive roughneck have what it takes to frack himself?
3
The foulmouthed roughneck is produced not by society's sexism but by society's absence.
4
Nothing makes you feel tougher than pinning an honest-to-god Arkansas roughneck.
5
It was mighty slow, an' I'm still a roughneck; but I'm gettin' on.
6
Why, say, how would he be any relation of a roughneck like me?
7
A dear, splendid roughneck, doing a big work with the boys!
8
The conviction that he was a roughneck deepened in him and tied his tongue.
9
I can't stand for those roughneck cops, and Stodger as a custodian is a joke.
10
Wheeling a glass-fronted cabinet towards him is an intimidating desert roughneck with uncompromising facial hair.
11
Going to grow warts on my hands and chew tobacco and develop into a brawny roughneck.
12
A sort of roughneck out of a job.
13
Latrell is from a roughneck wood of Chicago.
14
Bush was no roustabout, still less a roughneck.
15
Cabrera was a roughneck, but even he felt a lump in his throat: burials depressed him.
16
I told you I was a roughneck.
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Spanish
Roughneck through the time