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"ref": "1980, Joy Wilt Berry, Ernie Hergenroeder, Tuff Stuff: A Children's Book about Trauma, Educational Products Division, Word, Inc.",
"text": "Tuff Stuff teaches that while life may go smoothly most of the time, ...",
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"text": "It was rave reviewed in the Caribbean Times as 'the ruffest, tuffest and the boo-yacka of all modern gangster novels'.",
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"ref": "2006, Paige Hemmis, The Tuff Chix Guide to Easy Home Improvement, Penguin, page 36",
"text": "TUFF METER",
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"ref": "2010 January 20, Robert J. Elisberg, “CES 2020 -- Ohm on the Range”, in Huffington Post, retrieved 2012-09-14",
"text": "Its Tuff-n-Tiny USB flash drive is about the size of a thumbnail. … The company insists that the \"tuff\" part of the name is well-earned for being waterproof, dustproof and you can drive a car over it.",
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"ref": "2011, Kristian Pope, Tuff Stuff Professional Wrestling Field Guide: Legend and Lore, Krause Publications",
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"sense": "a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash",
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{
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"sense": "a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash",
"word": "dleesh (rhyolitic tuff)"
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