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

But whose son he is I may not say, for Heaven denies having borne this ruffler, and so Earth and so Sea.

From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Mackail, J. W. (John William)

I marvel," said Raoul, as if he heard her not, "that yonder ruffler comes hither.

From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir

He was as bold and venturesome as the bravest ruffler that ever backed a dog at a baiting.

From A Book of Scoundrels by Whibley, Charles

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