toughie

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toughie - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  toughie
      n 1: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood,
           hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie,
           strong-armer]
      2: a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem
         [syn: poser, stumper, toughie, sticker]