ruffler

British  

/ ˈrʌflə /

noun

1. a person or thing that ruffles

2. an attachment on a sewing machine used for making frills

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Example Sentences

"Uncle Charlie," as his Columbia students called him, was also a great ruffler of conventional thought.

From Time Magazine Archive

Think you it is only a war-worn, hard-drinking, swashbuckling ruffler that can sin?

From The Tavern Knight by Sabatini, Rafael

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

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 Sabatini, Rafael

I suggested hemmer, tucker, quilter, braider, ruffler, and every known attachment I could think of, but each was produced with a flourish that negatived every proposition.

From Six Days on the Hurricane Deck of a Mule An account of a journey made on mule back in Honduras, C.A. in August, 1891 by Cole, Almira Stillwell