Ruffian
//ˈɹʌfi.ən//
"Ruffian" in a Sentence (7 examples)
Tom is a ruffian.
He is a ruffian.
What wilt thou on thy death-bed play the Ruffian?
It was at Count Siloszech's. He'd heard her sing in the streets, with a tall, black-bearded ruffian, who accompanied her on a guitar, and a little fiddling gypsy fellow. She was a handsome woman, with hair down to her knees, but stupid as an owl.
He [her husband] is no sooner abroad than she is instantly at home, revelling with her ruffians.
Methinks the wind does speak aloud at land; A fuller blast ne'er shook our battlements. If it hath ruffianed so upon the sea.
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