Associations to the word «Toughie»

Wiktionary

TOUGHIE, noun. (informal) Something that is tough, or difficult.

Dictionary definition

TOUGHIE, noun. An aggressive and violent young criminal.
TOUGHIE, noun. A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope