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ruff1 1. a natural growth of long or coloured hair or feathers around the necks of certain animals or birds 2. a. an Old World shore bird, Philomachus pugnax, the male of which has a large erectile ruff of feathers in the breeding season: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc.), order Charadriiformes b. the male of this bird ruff2 Cards 1. another word for trump 2. an old card game similar to whist How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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His garb, like that of his predecessors, was of an antique fashion, and there was a stain of blood upon his ruff. It used to be said, in her younger days, that if anything were amiss with a corpse, if only the ruff were not smooth, or the cap did not set right, the corpse in the coffin and beneath the clods would strive to put up its cold hands and arrange it. Imagine him a person of grave and benevolent aspect, dressed in a black velvet suit, with a broad ruff around his neck, and a peaked beard upon his chin. |
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