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ruffins

ruffins is the plural of ruffin.

Meaning of ruffin

Noun

ruffin (plural ruffins)

  1. (dialectal) A ruffian.
    • So I jest called out to know what was up, and found it was Miss Vanholte's cowboys, who had been forced into the store by them rascally ruffins.1890, Emma E. Hornibrook, Queen of the ranche; or, Life in the Far west, page 150

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Proper noun capitalized: Ruffins

Ruffins

  1. (plural) plural of Ruffin

Questions about ruffins

What is ruffins the plural of?
Ruffins is the plural of ruffin.
What part of speech is ruffins?
Ruffins is a proper noun.

Words near ruffins in the dictionary

  1. Ruffini
  2. Ruffini's corpuscle
  3. Ruffini's corpuscles
  4. Ruffino
  5. Ruffinos
  6. ruffins
  7. ruffle
  8. ruffle a few feathers
  9. ruffle any feathers
  10. ruffle feathers
  11. ruffle some feathers

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