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ruffmans

ruffmans noun: woods, hedges or bushes.

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
    • Happen we seen there was a damber in the ruffmans, and since we'd no yen t' deck the chates, we'd ha' binged a wast but for the rhino we was promised.1994, Amanda Scott, Dangerous Illusions, →ISBN

Forms of ruffmans

alternative formruffemans

Origin of ruffmans

From rough + -mans.

Questions about ruffmans

What does ruffmans mean?
Ruffmans means woods, hedges or bushes.
What part of speech is ruffmans?
Ruffmans is a noun.

Words near ruffmans in the dictionary

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

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