Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for making ruffles, sometimes forming an attachment to a sewing-machine.
- noun A bully; a swaggerer; a ruffian; a violent and lawless person.
- noun Specifically A bullying thief or beggar; a blustering vagabond.
- noun Same as
ruffer .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian.
- noun That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical
ruffian ,bully ,villain ; especially a 16th-17th centuryvagabond operating under the guise of amaimed soldier or sailor - noun
braggart ,swaggerer - noun a
sewing machine attachment for makingruffles
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Examples
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After the first hackle, called a ruffler, six other finer hackles were often used.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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He has become a loud and frequent critic of the government, calling himself on his twitter account a "certified ruffler of feathers."
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He has become a loud and frequent critic of the government, calling himself on his twitter account a "certified ruffler of feathers."
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You can get a ruffler quite inexpensively if you watch the sales at the fabric store and use your half price or 40% off coupon.
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He has become a loud and frequent critic of the government, calling himself on his twitter account a "certified ruffler of feathers."
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He has become a loud and frequent critic of the government, calling himself on his twitter account a "certified ruffler of feathers."
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The title of the book gave me the willies--I could only think of my moms 1947 Singer with the giy-normous buttonhole attachment and how many frustrating hours she spent trying to get it to work, not to mention the ruffler .
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They were full of admiration for my get-up - which was my usual one of bazaar-ruffler - and Kavanaugh came up to me with absolute tears in his eyes and said I was the stoutest chap alive to stand by him in this.
Fiancée 2010
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The title of the book gave me the willies--I could only think of my moms 1947 Singer with the giy-normous buttonhole attachment and how many frustrating hours she spent trying to get it to work, not to mention the ruffler .
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NOTE - if you have a ruffler foot, which are seriously the best thing since sliced bread - and i love sliced bread, since i'm horrific at cutting it myself!
Archive 2009-05-01 amy 2009
bilby commented on the word ruffler
See citation on pailliard.
September 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word ruffler
"rufflers - The first rank of canters; also notorious rogues pretending to be maimed soldiers or sailors."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'.
September 6, 2008