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from The Century Dictionary.

  • To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety, smoothness, or finish.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb dated, rare, transitive To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety or smoothness.

Etymologies

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rough +‎ work

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