dog rough

Definitions

1. Very rowdy, disorderly, and dangerous.
2. Very difficult and unpleasant.
3. Suffering the effects of stress or excess.

Examples

“Back in the days when Cork City was dog rough, where to take⟳ a night-time stroll was an act of madness comparable to forcing long deadly skewers into your eyeballs, Cork was a jungle back then.”

“But the area wasn't so bad - Lower Grope, further west, was the rough bit. The place⟳ of hooligan shennanigans and vandal scandals. Where louts shout⟳ and thugs mug. Dog rough...”

“These pubs: dog rough, if you ask⟳ me, but there you go.”

““Ach, life was dog rough back there, Tom, that it was.”

“The prison breakfast was dog rough.”

““It was dog rough,” admits one Ahern supporter. A constituency delegate remembers: “The old traditional Fianna Fáil people were getting on. They were outflanked and there was often little or no resistance.””

““I felt dog rough on Thursday evening,” I say⟳.”

“Cath Staincliffe sat down to plan⟳ an interview strategy for Sean Broughton the next morning she felt dog rough. Damned if she'd let⟳ it show⟳ though.”

“I shake⟳ my head, rendered mute by paralysing fear and the unwillingness to admit⟳ that I feel⟳ dog rough, and would most likely toss my cookies over her nice clean⟳ floors if I open⟳ my mouth now.”

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