with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture.
Examples of rugged
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Lying in a narrow, rugged valley on the range's western end, Nalut felt haunted.
From the kansas.com
They kept the ball tight an built enormous pressure through rugged forward play.
From the nzherald.co.nz
A bus ride across the peninsula's rugged spine plunged me deep into their world.
From the guardian.co.uk
The Taipans are backing up from a rugged road win in Townsville on Sunday night.
From the dailymercury.com.au
Brixham is nestled in the rugged cliffs in the south end of the English Riviera.
From the expressandstar.com
This should be for the top spot out of the always-rugged Arkansas Valley League.
From the denverpost.com
The helicopter went down in the rugged Trinity Alps Wilderness near Weaverville.
From the sacbee.com
At stake is the future of 488 acres of rugged open space in the Eastside suburb.
From the latimes.com
First Ascent is part of Eddie Bauer's larger plan to return to its rugged roots.
From the denverpost.com
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Sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
Furrowed: having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his furrowed face lit by a warming smile"
Broken: topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job"
(ruggedly) in a rugged manner
(ruggedness) huskiness: the property of being big and strong
Broken into sharp or irregular points; full of asperities on the surface, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road; Not neat or regular; irregular, uneven; Rough with bristles or hair; shaggy; Harsh; austere; hard; crabbed; -- said of temper, character, and ...
(rugging) A coarse woollen cloth used for making rugs, blankets etc; The manufacture of rugs