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rough house

rough house is the alternative spelling of roughhouse.

Meaning of roughhouse

Noun

roughhouse (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Rowdy behavior.

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Questions about rough house

What is rough house the alternative spelling of?
Rough house is the alternative spelling of roughhouse.

Words near rough house in the dictionary

  1. rough fishes
  2. rough green snake
  3. rough hawksbeard
  4. rough horsetail
  5. rough horsetails
  6. rough house
  7. rough it
  8. rough justice
  9. rough lemon
  10. rough lemons
  11. rough music

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