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rufflers

rufflers is the plural of ruffler.

Meaning of ruffler

Noun

ruffler (plural rufflers)

  1. (historical) A ruffian, bully, or villain, especially a 16th-17th-century vagabond operating under the guise of a maimed soldier or sailor.
    • […] and then how he grasped his club and longed to do battle with a dozen rufflers, for the love of Mistress Alice!1840-1841, Charles Dickens, Master Humphrey's Clock
  2. A sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.

Questions about rufflers

What is rufflers the plural of?
Rufflers is the plural of ruffler.

Words near rufflers in the dictionary

  1. ruffled up
  2. ruffleless
  3. rufflement
  4. rufflements
  5. ruffler
  6. rufflers
  7. ruffles
  8. ruffles a few feathers
  9. ruffles any feathers
  10. ruffles feathers
  11. ruffles some feathers

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