¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ruffes
1. ruffe [n] - See also: ruffe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruffes
Literary usage of Ruffes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Phillip Stubbes's Anatomy of the Abuses in England in Shakspere's Youth, A by Phillip Stubbes, Thomas Neogeorgus, Gervase Babington (1879)
"... for they not only continue their great ruffes ... to let their ruffes in, to
trim them, and to trick them, ... haue they to fet their ruffes withall. ..."
2. The Quaker: A Study in Costume by Amelia Mott Gummere (1901)
"He says of their " great ruffes and ... barke of their brused ruffes, then they
goe flip flap in the winde like ..."
3. Robert Laneham's Letter: Describing a Part of the Entertainment Unto Queen by Robert Laneham (1907)
"I haue heard it said e that they vse great ruffes in ... Haue they not also houses
to set their ruffes in, to trim them, and to trick them, ..."
4. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Egerton Brydges (1814)
"I haue heard it saide thai they vse great ruffes in ... Haue they not also houses
to set their ruffes in, to trim them, and to trick them, ..."
5. Phillip Stubbes's Anatomy of the Abuses in England in Shakspere's Youth, A by Phillip Stubbes, Thomas Neogeorgus, Gervase Babington (1879)
"... for they not only continue their great ruffes ... to let their ruffes in, to
trim them, and to trick them, ... haue they to fet their ruffes withall. ..."
6. The Quaker: A Study in Costume by Amelia Mott Gummere (1901)
"He says of their " great ruffes and ... barke of their brused ruffes, then they
goe flip flap in the winde like ..."
7. Robert Laneham's Letter: Describing a Part of the Entertainment Unto Queen by Robert Laneham (1907)
"I haue heard it said e that they vse great ruffes in ... Haue they not also houses
to set their ruffes in, to trim them, and to trick them, ..."
8. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Egerton Brydges (1814)
"I haue heard it saide thai they vse great ruffes in ... Haue they not also houses
to set their ruffes in, to trim them, and to trick them, ..."
Other Resources:
