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rough-hewn
rough-hewn


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. not smoothed: cut or shaped only roughly, with the surface and the edges not smoothed
blocks of rough-hewn sandstone
2. crudely made: crudely shaped or formed
3. unrefined: uncouth and unrefined in character
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