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Definition of Ruffler
1. n. One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.
Definition of Ruffler
1. Noun. (historical) ruffian, bully, villain; especially a 16th-17th century vagabond operating under the guise of a maimed soldier or sailor ¹
2. Noun. braggart, swaggerer ¹
3. Noun. a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ruffler
1. one that ruffles [n -S] - See also: ruffles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruffler
Literary usage of Ruffler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakspere's England; or, Sketches of our social history in the reign of by George Walter Thornbury (1856)
"Horse Stealers. — Rogues par excellence. — The Wild Rogue. — The Upright Man.
— The ruffler. — Female Thieves. — Sham Sick. — The Tavern Bully and Bravo. ..."
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