thuggish ruggish
adj.— «Mac Dre also knew drama—quite personally. He grew up extra-mannish in the thuggish, ruggish Crestside district of Vallejo; his formative years coincided with the mid-‘80s introduction of the crack cocaine economy to the ‘hood.» —“Requiem for a Mac” by Eric K. Arnold East Bay Express (California) Nov. 10, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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