roughie

English

Etymology

rough +‎ -ie

Noun

roughie (plural roughies)

1. Alternative form of roughy (“type of fish”)
2. (film, slang) A film portraying rough sex.
   • 2021, Rashna Wadia Richards, Cinematic TV: Serial Drama Goes to the Movies, page 97:

     Wishman's film is typically classified as a roughie within sexploitation cinema.

Scots

Noun

roughie

1. dried heath