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

Were I called suddenly to the palace would not the king and the court despise me as a drunken ruffler from some revel-rout that had fallen from his horse?

From A Boy's Ride by Zollinger, Gulielma

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

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

I marvel," said Raoul, as if he heard her not, "that yonder ruffler comes hither.

From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Morley, John