They were subduing, for want of a better word, some dangerous ruffian. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
It does not appear, however, that the term ruffian is altogether misplaced. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blafts J His blafts obey, and quit the howling hill. From Wordnik.com. [The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical] Reference
He didn't like Ceorl, not even a little, but the ruffian was a good man to have along in a brawl. From Wordnik.com. [Rulers of the Darkness]
The ruffian has been a marked man by the keepers and police, they tell me, for the last year or more. From Wordnik.com. [Marcella] Reference
A ruffian is always timorous. From Wordnik.com. [The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre] Reference
Durade, compared with this kind of ruffian, was a haven of refuge. From Wordnik.com. [The U. P. Trail] Reference
He told them how this "ruffian" quailed before his gaze of defiance. From Wordnik.com. [George Borrow The Man and His Books] Reference
She calls him 'ruffian' and 'villain,' refusing him the reward of his vile service. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series] Reference
Grandpa wanted her safe and wasn't sure that some "ruffian" wouldn't bother Grandma. From Wordnik.com. [Journeywoman] Reference
We diverged towards it; it mattered not that it was the home, or rather den, of a notorious "ruffian" and. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains] Reference
"Thou wilt know in time, amigo," said the ruffian. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Indignantly the older girl faced the drunken ruffian. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
"General Morgan ain't no ... no unprincipled ruffian!". From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
"Oh, go 'long!" exclaimed the ruffian, in a derisive tone. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
Captain John Brown's party all through the border-ruffian troubles. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
'Eternal curses on you, black ruffian, how dare you enter this house?'. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Eight times during his reign the ruffian King was himself a guest at the Abbey. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
I have not always been what I now am -- a midnight ruffian, almost an assassin. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
But the ruffian in the road was evidently in no frame of mind to be fooled with. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
Indeed, with Reebok telling the tale, Iverson seems more role model than ruffian. From Wordnik.com. [Going Hard To The Hoop] Reference
He was closely followed by a heavily built ruffian who was striking him as he ran. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
Furthermore, he was 'a heartless ruffian, ''a white feather,' and 'afraid of lead.'. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
He gazed at the huge ruffian in front of him first in bewilderment and then in anger. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
"Get out of here, you old ruffian!" cried Fenwick Grimes, flying into a sudden passion. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
I never in the course of my life cast eyes on a more nonchalant or unmitigated ruffian. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
On the motion of a ruffian of the name of Garnier, the Convention publicly resolved that. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
The same ruffian then proceeded to move, "that every body had a right to assassinate him.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
To frighten a fig-girl while unseen the ruffian filched from her fruit-trays the ripest away. From Wordnik.com. [Lysistrata] Reference
It was obvious, therefore, that a ruffian of this kind, backed by a bloodthirsty following, was. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
Choking and sputtering, the ruffian dropped his revolver and raised both fists to his tortured eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
A certain willingness to look at each other, before she would let them go back to their little ruffian universe. From Wordnik.com. [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 13] Reference
I refuse to be judged by a dissolute ruffian, a divorced man and one accused of embezzling the funds of an investment society. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Are they tears of gratitude because we have rescued you from this ruffian with a knife, who would have destroyed your noble sight?. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
RZA had stopped by Malone's office to play him the Wu-Tang's brand new first single - a spare, ruffian track called, "Protect Ya Neck.". From Wordnik.com. [From The Slums Of Shaolin: A Wu-Tang Film] Reference
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