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Definition of Rufflers
1. ruffler [n] - See also: ruffler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rufflers
Literary usage of Rufflers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Charadesby Winthrop Mackworth Praed by Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1752)
"And though in that old age of sport The rufflers of the camp and court Had little
time to pray, Tis said Sir Hilary mutter'd there Two syllables by way of ..."
2. Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century, by Henry Morley (1891)
"Now these rufflers, the outcasts of serving-men, when begging or craving fails
... These rufflers, after a year or two at the farthest, become upright men ..."
3. The History of the Poor Laws: With Observations by Richard Burn (1764)
"... be thought convenient, to the intent that all rufflers, ... And if any of the
faid rufflers, ..."
4. Shakespearean Playhouses: A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings by Joseph Quincy Adams (1917)
"Other rufflers are at hand with long poles to put under the dog so as to break
his fall after he has been tossed by the bull; the tips of these [poles] are ..."
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