"tough crowd" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tough crowds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tough crowd (plural tough crowds)
  1. (informal) An audience that is difficult to please. Tags: informal Translations (audience that is difficult to please): 冷淡的觀眾 (Chinese Mandarin), 冷淡的观众 (lěngdàn de guānzhòng) (Chinese Mandarin), vaativa yleisö (Finnish), hartes Publikum [neuter] (German), graderío difícil [masculine] (Spanish), grada crítica [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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