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
Example Sentences
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"Uncle Charlie," as his Columbia students called him, was also a great ruffler of conventional thought.
From Time Magazine Archive
But whose son he is I may not say, for Heaven denies having borne this ruffler, and so Earth and so Sea.
From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Mackail, J. W. (John William)
"It is my intent to lead this company myself," he loftily informed the ruffler.
From Love-at-Arms by Sabatini, Rafael
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 Reed, Talbot Baines
I marvel," said Raoul, as if he heard her not, "that yonder ruffler comes hither.
From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir
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