ruckle
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is not too much to say that almost every step of the weary sultry way was in pain, and I reached Ujiji a mere ruckle of bones.
From How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley by Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton)
That and this ruckle of stones we sit in are all that's left of what was my father's and my grandfather's and their forebears back till the dark of time.
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
Suddenly, the dead silence struck me: my ear missed the "ruckle," and the occasional exclamations of delight.
From The Substance of a Dream by Bain, F. W. (Francis William)
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