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

No doubt since the accomplishment was mine it became in her eyes characteristic of a bully and a ruffler.

From The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes by Sabatini, Rafael

Not a ruffler or a wench was in the streets after dark, nor any one save staid citizens upon their business, or the halberdiers of the watch.

From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

After the first hackle, called a ruffler, six other finer hackles were often used.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

Why, may I perish if it is not the same swashbuckling ruffler I once knew in London town!

From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Reed, Talbot Baines