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in the rough

phrase

as in crude
being such as found in nature and not altered by processing or refining She loved jewelry with gemstones in the rough.

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“In the rough.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in%20the%20rough. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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