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

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

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

As bold and dominant as any ruffler of them all where men and perils were concerned, young Everard was timid, bashful and without assertiveness with women.

From The Lion's Skin by Sabatini, Rafael

He showed me how to thread bobbin and needle, how to operate ruffler and tucker, and also how to turn off and on the electric current which operated the machinery.

From The Long Day The Story of a New York Working Girl As Told by Herself by Richardson, Dorothy

The poor ruffler was fallen into meditation, and noted not that his nag did no more than amble.

From The Tavern Knight by Sabatini, Rafael