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rough diamonds

rough diamonds is the plural of rough diamond.

Meaning of rough diamond

Noun

rough diamond (plural rough diamonds)

  1. Synonym of diamond in the rough.
    • By what power he drew after him the hearts of the roughest, and the Tail Twisters counted in their ranks some rough diamonds indeed, was a mystery to both skipper and C.O., who learned from the regimental chaplain that Bobby was considerably more in request in the hospital tents than the Reverend...1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 148

Questions about rough diamonds

What is rough diamonds the plural of?
Rough diamonds is the plural of rough diamond.

Words near rough diamonds in the dictionary

  1. rough collies
  2. Rough Common
  3. rough cut
  4. rough cuts
  5. rough diamond
  6. rough diamonds
  7. rough draw
  8. rough drawing
  9. rough drawn
  10. rough draws
  11. rough drew

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