"cruff" meaning in English

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          "english": "They are going to like a woman strong like a man / And crude and rough and hard!",
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          "text": "but if he looks a bit cruff ... an’ he says, ‘Wa ’appen, son. Wa gwaan’, an’ all dem tings der, an’ you start to speak to him in English, then you just break into the Jamaican habit – patois",
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        "Crude, rough, uncouth, tough."
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        "(Caribbean) Crude, rough, uncouth, tough."
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          "ref": "1955, “Rough Rider”, Alerth Bedasse (lyrics), Everard Williams (music):",
          "text": "Rufus was a Barbadian cruff\nWho got the news how Miss Ida rough.\nRufus say, “Jamaica bwoi too light,\nSo I am going to show them how to fight.”",
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          "text": "“You still the living bumpkin from the land of Oz!”\n“And you’re still a cruff wid no gyal!”",
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