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

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

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

"Gramercy, brave ruffler; but I must e'en gi'e ye the path; an' so pass on to the masking, my Lord Essex and his maiden queen."

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John

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

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 Morris, May