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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tough, unsentimental person.
- noun A person who is persistently insolent or difficult to control.
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- noun A tough person.
- noun New Zealand An amusing, funny, witty, or possibly strange person. May be used as a term of endearment.
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