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

"Gramercy, brave ruffler; but I must e'en gi'e ye the path; an' so pass on to the masking, my Lord Essex and his maiden queen."

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John

Then depart from the house with as little shame as a ruffler and a churl may have.

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May

In New Custome a morality, 1573, Creweltie, one of the characters, is termed a ruffler.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

The carle smiled, and said to himself, Forsooth, yonder ruffler must needs clothe him in holiday raiment to do his doughty deed!

From The Sundering Flood by Morris, May