common ruck
Example Sentences
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A very great man he was, head of a college or something, not one of the common ruck, and he's dead against it, and says so openly.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
Kedzie tried for a while to lift herself from the common ruck of the aristocracy by outshining the others in charities and in splendors.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
At last he had done something which raised him out of the common ruck of University men, something that could never be taken away from him.
From Peter Binney A Novel by Marshall, Archibald
The Guardsman, then, will have passed through school without emerging in any way from the common ruck of ordinary boys.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various
Above the common ruck, in windows hired for the occasion, the fashionable world, exuding patronage and perfume, sat waiting for the dreary procession to pass.
From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart
