ruffler
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ruffler (plural rufflers)
- (historical) ruffian, bully, villain; especially a 16th-17th century vagabond operating under the guise of a maimed soldier or sailor
- 1978, Michael Moorcock, chapter 1, in Gloriana; or, The Unfulfill'd Queen:
- The ruffler in leather, who lately went fighting through the door, has returned, presumably by means of another entrance.
- swaggerer
- a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles
Further reading
[edit]- “ruffler”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.