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  • 21Ruffian (horse) — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Ruffian caption = Ruffian Coaching Club American Oaks Parade sire = Reviewer grandsire = Bold Ruler dam = Shenanigans damsire = Native Dancer sex = Filly foaled = 1972 country = USA flagicon|USA colour …

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  • 22Ruffian (film) — Infobox Film name = Ruffian imdb id = 0499558 producer = Orly Adelson Kimberly C. Anderson director = Yves Simoneau writer = Jim Burnstein Garrett K. Schiff starring = Sam Shepard Laura Bailey Frank Whaley Nicholas Pryor Christine Belford music …

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  • 23Ruffian Handicap — Horseraces infobox class = Grade I horse race = Ruffian Handicap caption = location = Belmont Park Elmont, New York flagicon|USA inaugurated = 1976 race type = Thoroughbred Flat racing website = [http://www.nyra.com www.nyra.com] distance = 11/16 …

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  • 24ruffian — /ruf ee euhn, ruf yeuhn/, n. 1. a tough, lawless person; roughneck; bully. adj. 2. Also, ruffianly. tough; lawless; brutal. [1525 35; < MF < It ruffiano, perh. < Langobardic *hruf scurf + It ano AN] Syn. 1. brute, tough, knave, rogue, blackguard …

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  • 25ruffian — noun A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person. Syn: rogue, scamp …

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  • 26ruffian — Synonyms and related words: Babbitt, Philistine, arriviste, bad boy, battler, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer, blade, booger, boor, bounder, bourgeois, bravo, brawler, bucko, buffoon, bugger, bully, bullyboy, cad, churl, clown, combatant,&#8230; …

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  • 27ruffian — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rowdy, bully, tough, thug. See evildoer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. miscreant, hoodlum, bully; see rascal , rowdy . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. hoodlum, *hood, tough, rowdy, punk, criminal,&#8230; …

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  • 28ruffian — ruf|fi|an [ˈrʌfiən] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old Frenc] old fashioned a violent man, involved in crime ▪ a gang of ruffians &GT;ruffianly adj …

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  • 29ruffian — ruf|fi|an [ rʌfiən ] noun count OLD FASHIONED someone who acts in a threatening and violent way …

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  • 30ruffian — ruf·fi·an || rÊŒfɪən n. bully, thug, hooligan, brute, tough and violent person adj. brutal, lawless, aggressive, violent, tough …

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