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Toughie

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Noun

1. goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie

an aggressive and violent young criminal

2. poser, sticker, stumper, toughie

a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Toughie

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noun informal
1. 
a question that is difficult to answer
That's a toughie.
2.  another name for tough

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Toughie

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nounWord forms: plural ˈtoughies Informal
1. 
a tough person; ruffian
2. 
a difficult problem or situation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Toughie

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n.
Informal
1. A thug; a tough.
2. A difficult problem.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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