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S vs Roughshod - What's the difference?

s | roughshod |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective roughshod is

(of a horse) having hooves shod with calks or horseshoes that have projecting nails to prevent slipping.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    roughshod

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of a horse) having hooves shod with calks or horseshoes that have projecting nails to prevent slipping
  • (by extension) brutal or domineering
  • * 2005 , , My Women , The New Yorker, June 13, [https://archive.is/20121204150452/www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/050613fa_fact],
  • In the roughshod horny world of boys, I had studied my companions closely to make sure that I wasn’t being too “queer” for them.

    Derived terms

    * to ride roughshod over