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tough crowd

tough crowd noun: an audience that is difficult to please.

Noun

tough crowd (plural tough crowds)

  1. (informal) An audience that is difficult to please.
    • Plautus, Terence and the other Roman comic writers had to write for a tough crowd.2000, Andrew Horton, Laughing out loud: writing the comedy-centered screenplay, page 51

Forms of tough crowd

pluraltough crowds

Questions about tough crowd

What does tough crowd mean?
Tough crowd means an audience that is difficult to please.
What part of speech is tough crowd?
Tough crowd is a noun.
What is the plural of tough crowd?
The plural of tough crowd is tough crowds.

Words near tough crowd in the dictionary

  1. tough calls
  2. tough case
  3. tough cases
  4. tough cookie
  5. tough cookies
  6. tough crowd
  7. tough crowds
  8. tough going
  9. tough guy
  10. tough guys
  11. tough it out

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