ruffler
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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 since thy lord besetteth the way I must needs defend myself against him, as I would against any other ruffler or strong-thief.
From The Sundering Flood by May Morris
He.—I would do like all other beggars set on horseback: I would be the most insolent ruffler that has ever been seen.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by John Morley
Think you it is only a war-worn, hard-drinking, swashbuckling ruffler that can sin?
From The Tavern Knight by Rafael Sabatini
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 Rafael Sabatini
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