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tough-guy

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tough-guy (comparative more tough-guy, superlative most tough-guy)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a tough guy.
    • 2011, Fred Vargas, An Uncertain Place: A Commissaire Adamsberg Mystery[1]:
      He had quite a high-pitched voice but was talking tough-guy stuff, a bit too tough-guy, signalling danger.