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Wondering how to use Ruffian in a sentence? Below are 8 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as bully or attacker.

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Ruffian | Ruffians | Ruffiana

Ruffian meaning

  1. A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
  2. A pimp; a pander.
  3. A lover; a paramour.

Synonyms of Ruffian

bully assailant aggressor attacker yobbo yobo yob rowdy roughneck hooligan tough assaulter

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Example sentences (8)

A plagiarised version of this book appeared in the United States c. 1852–53 as Sweeney Todd: or the Ruffian Barber.

Block, p. 175 Louise is seduced by the ruffian boy during her Act 2 ballet, set around the ruins of a carousel.

Dickson (1982), p. 230. The term eventually came to describe "a young male hustler, a gangster, a hoodlum, or a ruffian".

In like vein, the term yahoo is often encountered as a synonym for ruffian or thug.

Brandon Walters stars in the “Playboy” role of Christopher Mahon, handsome and enigmatic, a curiously delicate ruffian in exile from his native village.

He had completed Entertaining Mr Sloane by the time Ruffian was broadcast.

Along with shinobi, some examples include monomi ("one who sees"), nokizaru (" macaque on the roof"), rappa ("ruffian"), kusa ("grass") and Iga-mono ("one from Iga").

This is nothing more than a ruffian.

Common combinations with ruffian

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the ruffian 2×

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How do you use "ruffian" in a sentence?
An example: "A plagiarised version of this book appeared in the United States c. 1852–53 as Sweeney Todd: or the Ruffian Barber." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "ruffian" from real English texts.
What does "ruffian" mean?
Ruffian means: A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
What are synonyms of "ruffian"?
Common synonyms of "ruffian" include: bully, assailant, aggressor, attacker, yobbo, yobo, yob, rowdy. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "ruffian" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "ruffian", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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