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[ adjective ] sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring
Examples "a rugged trapper who spent months in the winderness" "those that survive are stalwart rugged men" "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture" Used in print (Chicago Daily Tribune...)Perhaps the lesson we should take from these pages is that the welfare_state in England still allows wild scope for all kinds of rugged eccentrics . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)Pansies do n't have to be coddled ; they 'd rather have things rugged , with only moderate protection on the coldest days . (High Fidelity, 11:10...)I , for one , rather regret that Schnabel did n't collaborate with the Budapest_Quartet , whose rugged , athletic playing was a good_deal closer to this pianist 's interpretative outlook than the style of the Belgian group . (Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)The firelight played over Eli 's flowing white locks and rugged features . |
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