Thesaurus / ruck
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Frank joined the ruck of the demonstrators and passed through the portals of the magnificent gate.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYHe's stuck up and citified, and wears gloves, and takes his meals private in his room, and all that sort of ruck.
GALLEGHER AND OTHER STORIESRICHARD HARDING DAVISHe shoved the doctor forward, and followed him, kicking to right and left a ruck of weapons and dbris.
CURSEDGEORGE ALLAN ENGLANDThere were so much ruck and stuff under his feet that Mayo gave up searching after a time.
BLOW THE MAN DOWNHOLMAN DAYIn that riot of tempest and ruck of sea he was straining his eyes, trying to get a glimpse of the hulk on Razee.
BLOW THE MAN DOWNHOLMAN DAYLet out a notch there, but take it calm enough up to the half not to break, and hard enough not to fall back into the ruck.
LETTERS FROM A SELF-MADE MERCHANT TO HIS SONGEORGE HORACE LORIMERSpires rose from the ruck of low buildings like dead trees denuded of their branches.
ISLE O' DREAMSFREDERICK F. MOOREOne thinks of mothers like Mrs. Ruck, whose best-loved sons are in Afghanistan.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. III (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOTI daresay old Ruck still stands between the sheep at his door, grinning with all his teeth, and Marbel, silly beggar!
TONO BUNGAYH. G. WELLSThis vast ruck of life that had sprung suddenly into existence upon the dank marshes of a lake shore.
THE "GENIUS"THEODORE DREISERWORDS RELATED TO RUCK
- bend
- circumvolution
- cockle
- convolution
- corrugation
- crease
- crimp
- crinkle
- crumple
- dog's ear
- flection
- flexure
- furrow
- gather
- gathering
- groove
- knife-edge
- lap
- lapel
- layer
- loop
- overlap
- plait
- pleat
- plication
- plicature
- ply
- pucker
- ridge
- rimple
- rivel
- ruche
- ruck
- ruffle
- rumple
- shirring
- smocking
- tuck
- turn
- wrinkle
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