Toughie

You conclude, so it appears, that ANYONE who "appears vociferous" online is a "toughie" who ❋ Unknown (2009)

And she is the kind of toughie who could be a real Iron Lady type with the Russians and Iranians. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Public parks are a toughie for a libertarian like me. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cardellini, whose previous roles include another working class toughie, Samantha Taggart on ER, spent over a year and a half preparing for the role and is in virtually every frame of the film. ❋ Nancy Doyle Palmer (2012)

• And he's a toughie; so he'll take his friends where he can find them. ❋ Unknown (2012)

It's a toughie and the themes were way over my head back then. ❋ Deliasherman (2010)

"When I get the assignments, I say, 'Oh my god, this is a toughie!'" ❋ Anne Kadet (2011)

Her brother Athelstan received the German ambassador at Canterbury and, "extremely enthusiastic" about the proposed union, according to one German account, "took Eadgyth aside and spoke in a loving voice to her, pouring into her heart an affectionate portrait of the young Otto", then a 17-year-old toughie bred to war and already experienced in the Saxons 'savage campaign against Slavs and the Hungarians. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Think it'll be a toughie and, just to confirm, motorbikes, scooters etc do not qualify. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Deciding between Blair & Terry, both poor excuses for men must have been a toughie. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That's a toughie, but admirable of you to think of your poor lonely husband. ❋ Lauri (2010)

For now, I suppose I'll just have to keep my clothes on (which should bathe us all with relief), stay sober when out in public (ooh, toughie), and keep hoping I'll finally land an agent who will get my book published. ❋ Tara Dublin (2010)