rugged

[Joel S. Berson]

At 2/6/2011 06:25 PM, Ronald Butters wrote:
>Perhaps this is just an instance of the old adage that everybody
>talks about the weather but only lexicographers do anything about it:

In colonial New England, many wrote about the weather.  Many thought
it was rugged compared to Old England.

Joel

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