rough diamond

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rough diamond (plural rough diamonds)

  1. Synonym of diamond in the rough
    • 2023 December 31, Agnès Poirier, “Evoking genius to defend ‘dark stars’ like Gérard Depardieu looks very French – and it is”, in The Observer‎[1], →ISSN:
      Depardieu will always remain in France’s collective imagination as a rough diamond, saved from a life of delinquency by the power of the French language and the great texts of literature and theatre.
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