Ruffmans

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Woods, hedges or bushes. UK, obsolete, uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From rough + -mans.

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