Usually means: Crudely effective and straightforwardly practical.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word rough-and-ready:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. rough-and-ready: Merriam-Webster
  2. rough-and-ready: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. rough-and-ready, rough-and-ready: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rough-and-ready: Vocabulary.com
  5. rough-and-ready: Wiktionary
  6. rough-and-ready: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. rough-and-ready: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. rough-and-ready: Dictionary.com
  9. rough-and-ready: Rhymezone
  10. rough-and-ready: FreeDictionary.org
  11. rough-and-ready: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. rough-and-ready: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rough-and-ready: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rough-and-ready: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rough-and-ready: Idioms

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Alternative form of rough and ready [(idiomatic, often hyphenated when placed immediately before the modified noun) Crude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough.]

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