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Tough-skinned   /təf-skɪnd/   Listen
Tough-skinned

adjective
1.
Having a relatively tough outer covering.
2.
Insensitive to criticism.  Synonym: thick-skinned.





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"Tough-skinned" Quotes from Famous Books



... sea for all the profit it could yield her. True, she had objects of value, such as were daily accepted by Bessas in exchange for corn and pork; but, if it came to that extremity, could not better use be made of the tough-skinned commander? Heliodora had no mind to support herself on bread and pork whilst food more ...
— Veranilda • George Gissing


Words linked to "Tough-skinned" :   tough, thick-skinned, insensitive


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