ruffer n.1
a rough person, a thug.
Triumph of Wit (5th edn) 186: Not suffering them to be abused by any strange Pallards, Ruffres, Hookers, Swadlers, Irish Toyls, Dummerers, Jarkmen, Whipjacks, Glimmerers, Maunders, or the like, or any other Out-lyers. | ||
Scoundrel’s Dict. 15: A stout Rogue – Ruffer. | ||
Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era. |