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rough-hewn

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1. rough-hewn - Adjective

2. rough-hewn - Verb

Meaning

rough-hewn

hewn roughly without a neat finish

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Poker is a microcosm of all we admire and disdain about capitalism and democracy. It can be rough-hewn or polished, warm or cold, charitable and caring or hard and impersonal. It is fickle and elusive, but ultimately it is fair, and right, and just. Lou Krieger

And Farmer's playing also conveys both a rough-hewn strength and a deep sensitivity. Source: Internet

And what of our hero, the “relaxed and jocular” Michael Knight, who was “arrogantly handsome in a rough-hewn, rip-cord way”? Source: Internet

He recorded a theme song, auditioned 20 dancers (Black and white, in hopes of appealing more broadly to potential sponsors), had his friend Melvin "the Alexander" Dunlap make a rough-hewn sign of a logo for the set, and tried his best. Source: Internet

His straightforward, abrupt manner savoured sometimes of gruffness, while his direct, unadorned method of expressing himself harmonized well with his rough-hewn, immobile features and somewhat sluggish movements. Source: Internet

Historically, the Georgians also retained the key to the Aedicule. citation citation citation Beyond that to the rear of the Rotunda is a rough-hewn chapel containing an opening to a chamber cut from the rock, from which several kokh -tombs radiate. Source: Internet

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