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.
Word Forms
- ruffemans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ruffage, shruff, frith, beardruff, teenage, ross.
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