Usually means: Long shot with high odds.
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  1. roughie: Collins English Dictionary
  2. roughie: Wordnik
  3. roughie: Wiktionary
  4. roughie: Dictionary.com
  5. roughie: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. roughie, roughie: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Roughie: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (roughie)

▸ noun:  (film, slang) A film portraying rough sex.
▸ noun:  Alternative form of roughy (“type of fish”) [A fish in family Trachichthyidae]

Similar:
rufie, rough ride, rough house, road film, bodice ripper, rafie, bodiceripper, roofie, hard R, 'rhoids, more...

Opposite:
smoothie, softie, gentle, polished, refined

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Similar:
rufie, rough ride, rough house, road film, bodice ripper, rafie, bodiceripper, roofie, hard R, 'rhoids, more...

Opposite:
smoothie, softie, gentle, polished, refined



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