ruffler
Britishnoun
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a person or thing that ruffles
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an attachment on a sewing machine used for making frills
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"Uncle Charlie," as his Columbia students called him, was also a great ruffler of conventional thought.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ruffler paused a moment, as if awaiting a reply or a word of encouragement.
From The Tavern Knight by Rafael Sabatini
He was as bold and venturesome as the bravest ruffler that ever backed a dog at a baiting.
From A Book of Scoundrels by Charles Whibley
Quoth the ruffler, but in a lower voice: "I cannot fight with a boy; whether I slay him or am slain I am shamed."
From The Sundering Flood by May Morris
Why, may I perish if it is not the same swashbuckling ruffler I once knew in London town!
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Talbot Baines Reed
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