Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruffianed
Literary usage of Ruffianed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Shipwreck,: A Poem, by William Falconer, James Stanier Clarke (1811)
"... A fuller blast ne'er shook our battlements: If it hath ruffianed so upon the
Sea, What ribs of oak, when mountains melt on them, Can hold the mortice ? ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1854)
"... arch built in one of the Roman avenues, the world seemed contented with what
had been done, and turned its ruffianed thoughts to battle and devastation. ..."
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