rough-and-ready

[ ruhf-uh n-red-ee ]

/ ˈrʌf ənˈrɛd i /

rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.

exhibiting or showing rough vigor rather than refinement or delicacy: a cowboy—the rough-and-ready type.

Origin of rough-and-ready

First recorded in 1800–10

rough-and-read·i·ness, noun

School had started, and gone along in a rough-and-ready fashion for some weeks; but everybody was "sore" about it.

At Whispering Pine Lodge |Lawrence J. Leslie
"I'm glad of that lads," responded Derrick, heartily, by no means unmoved by the rough-and-ready spirit of the scene.

That Lass O' Lowrie's |Frances Hodgson Burnett
But then, Jolly always claimed that he was just a plain, rough-and-ready countryman.

The Tale of Jolly Robin |Arthur Scott Bailey
The problem is similar to the present one, except that it is rough-and-ready, compared to the present one.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 |Various

Suppose, rough-and-ready Readers, that you judge for yourselves.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 |Various

rough-and-ready

crude, unpolished, or hastily prepared, but sufficient for the purpose

(of a person) without formality or refinement; rudely vigorous

rough-and-readiness, noun