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rufflings

rufflings is the plural of ruffling.

Meaning of ruffling

Noun

ruffling (plural rufflings)

  1. The action of the verb ruffle
    • Late in the morning I wak'd first; and observing my lover slept profoundly, softly disengag'd myself from his arms, scarcely daring to breathe for fear of shortening his repose; my cap, my hair, my shift, were all in disorder from the rufflings I had undergone1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC

Questions about rufflings

What is rufflings the plural of?
Rufflings is the plural of ruffling.

Words near rufflings in the dictionary

  1. ruffling any feathers
  2. ruffling feathers
  3. ruffling some feathers
  4. ruffling someone's feathers
  5. ruffling up
  6. rufflings
  7. ruffly
  8. ruffmans
  9. ruffneck
  10. ruffnecks
  11. Ruffner

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