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ruffemans

ruffemans is the alternative spelling of ruffmans.

Meaning of ruffmans

Noun

ruffmans (uncountable)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) Woods, hedges or bushes.
    • Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.1611, Thomas Middleton, “The Roaring Girl”, in Arthur Henry Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton, volume 4, published 1885, act 5, scene 1, pages 128–129

Questions about ruffemans

What is ruffemans the alternative spelling of?
Ruffemans is the alternative spelling of ruffmans.

Words near ruffemans in the dictionary

  1. ruffed grouse
  2. ruffed grouses
  3. ruffed lemur
  4. ruffed lemurs
  5. Ruffell
  6. ruffemans
  7. ruffer
  8. ruffers
  9. ruffes
  10. ruffest
  11. ruffian

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