ruffler
Example Sentences
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"Uncle Charlie," as his Columbia students called him, was also a great ruffler of conventional thought.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It is my intent to lead this company myself," he loftily informed the ruffler.
From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael
Now—now in the crib, where a ruffler may lie, Without fear that the traps should distress him, With a drop in the mouth, and a drop in the eye, Here's to Gentleman George,—God bless him!
From Paul Clifford — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
He regarded them all not at all, showing no feeling of disgrace at his position, and no desire to carry himself as a ruffler.
From Can You Forgive Her? by Trollope, Anthony
As for Falconnet, he was even then a ruffler and a bully, though he was not of the army.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
