Usually means: Uncut gem with potential value.
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  1. rough diamond: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rough diamond: Merriam-Webster
  3. rough diamond: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rough diamond: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rough diamond: Wordnik
  6. rough diamond: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. rough diamond: Wiktionary
  8. Rough diamond, rough diamond: Dictionary.com
  9. Rough Diamond (TV series), Rough Diamond (album), Rough Diamond, Rough diamond: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. rough diamond: FreeDictionary.org
  11. rough diamond: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. Rough diamond: Phrase Finder

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▸ noun:  Synonym of diamond in the rough

Similar:
diamond, diamond ring, diamanté, diamond poem, diamante, table-diamond, dymonde, diamonte, diamantaire, diamond plate, more...

Opposite:
polished diamond, cut diamond, refined diamond

Types:
carbonado, black diamond, bort, boart, more...

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Similar:
diamond, diamond ring, diamanté, diamond poem, diamante, table-diamond, dymonde, diamonte, diamantaire, diamond plate, more...

Opposite:
polished diamond, cut diamond, refined diamond

Types:
carbonado, black diamond, bort, boart, more...



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