ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Ruffmans

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Ruffmans is a noun meaning (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Woods, hedges or bushes.

Meaning

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Woods, hedges or bushes.

Example Sentences

Happen we seen there was a damber in the ruffmans, and since we'd no yen t' deck the chates, we'd ha' binged a wast but for the rhino we was promised.
Ben mort, shall you and I heave a bough, mill a ken, or nip a bung, and then we'll couch a hogshead under the ruffmans, and there you shall wap with me, and I'll niggle with you.

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