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Part of Speech: Noun

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coarse

Part of Speech: superlative

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1. Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.

2. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; - opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

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Then the two peasant women jumped, and jumped through the ring, but were so stout that they fell, and their coarse arms and legs broke in two. - "Household Tales by Brothers Grimm", Grimm Brothers.
But what Charles Vining could see in that great, tall, coarse woman, when there were my nice quiet gentle girls, I don't know. - "By Birth a Lady", George Manville Fenn.
She was no better than she should be at one time, but at last she was lucky enough to marry a big, coarse, brutal fellow, whom at this time of day she leads by the nose. - "Fruitfulness Fecondite", Emile Zola.

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