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Definition of Ruffing
1. ruff [v] - See also: ruff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruffing
Literary usage of Ruffing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arms Reduction; Economic Implication in the Post-Cold War Era by Lawrence Robert Klein, Fu-chen Lo, Warwick J. McKibbin (1995)
"Some macroeconomic aspects of reductions in military expenditure Simon Cunningham
and Kenneth G. ruffing Introduction The potential gains from a reduction ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Whist by Charles Harcourt Ainslie Forbes-Lindsay, Ernest Bergholt (1902)
"The ruffing Game. When it is clear that the effort to bring in a long suit is
impracticable, by reason of superior opposing trump strength, the ruffing game ..."
3. The Evolution of Whist: A Study of the Progressive Changes which the Game by William Pole (1894)
"The normal application of trumps when weak is to use them on the old plan for
ruffing, if they escape being drawn by the adversary. ..."
4. Whist of the Future: Being a Forecast, Submitting Defects in Existing Whist Laws by Barzillai Lowsley (1898)
"Successes by ruffing in short suits as compared with those gained by bringing in
Long Cards. WITH further reference to the American leads—if you have A, K, ..."
5. The Country Housewife and Lady's Director, in the Management of a House, and by Richard Bradley (1732)
"Of f ruffing a Pidgeon. From the fame- DRAW it, but leave in the Liver, for that
has no Gall ... ruffing ..."
6. Whist of Today: In Two Parts. Part 1.--For the Beginner ... Part 2.--For the by Milton Cooper Work (1895)
"Having shown short trumps, ruffing with an Eight or under, and subsequently
playing the smaller trump, shows one more; ruffing with a small trump, ..."
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