"roughwork" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: roughworks [present, singular, third-person], roughworking [participle, present], roughworked [participle, past], roughworked [past]
Etymology: rough + work Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rough|work}} rough + work Head templates: {{en-verb}} roughwork (third-person singular simple present roughworks, present participle roughworking, simple past and past participle roughworked)
  1. (dated, rare, transitive) To work over coarsely, without regard to nicety or smoothness. Tags: dated, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-roughwork-en-verb-djUNiX62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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