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In the rough

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in an unwrought or rude condition; unpolished; as, a diamond or a sketch in the rough.

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The Marionette, being made of wood, floated easily along and swam like a fish in the rough water.
As to the thicket, made of the sort of shrubs that don't flourish in the rough season--laurels and fuchsias--it offered the murderer a sufficient hiding-place until it was time for him to make his way to the pavilion.
My anxiety to be of service to you rushes into words; lays my meaning, in the rough, at your feet; and leaves your taste to polish it with the choicest ornaments of the English language.
 
 
 
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