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)
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
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
He thought next—and with increasing bitterness—of his own brave schemes, of his love for Valentina, and of how assured he had been that his affections were returned, before this ruffler came amongst them.
From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael
