Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruffins
Literary usage of Ruffins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). Governor, 1801-1804 (George Clinton), Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1902)
"It is what I never thought on, neither did he think I did, but was let loose upon
me by the Instigation of a set of ruffins who Conspired together to take ..."
2. Calendar of Virginia State Papers and Other Manuscripts: ... Preserved in by Virginia, William Pitt Palmer, Sherwin McRae, Raleigh Edward Colston, Henry W. Flournoy (1881)
"April 23rd Thinks it impossible Col: Innes is in want of provisions; but if
as "War Office reported he has crossed at ruffins, any thing for him should bo ..."
3. Book-prices Current: A Record of Prices at which Books Have Been Sold at Auction (1899)
"... who for the love she bore to one Mosby. hired two desperate ruffins, ...
and the " ruffins'" names on the title read " Will. . . . Shake. ..."
4. Australia Pilot by United States Hydrographic Office (1920)
"From Point Rapid the western shore of Moriarty Reach trends southwestward 1 mile
to ruffins Bay, off the south point of which there are some rocks marked by ..."
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