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

To him your Bearnais is no better than a ruffler, a banditti captain, a guerilla chief.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

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

The ruffler paused a moment, as if awaiting a reply or a word of encouragement.

From The Tavern Knight by Sabatini, Rafael