“A few days earlier, a ruffian had snatched a woman's chain in broad daylight.”

“And the state tolerated ruffianism so long as disorder was kept at a minimum, and its authority was not fundamentally challenged.”

“Many details come in of yesterday's brutal, cowardly ruffianism and plunder.”

“It was unnecessary to admit for a moment the existence of impudence or ruffianism.”

“They used to say soccer is a gentleman's game played by ruffians and rugby is a ruffian's game played by gentlemen.”

“They were tired of ruffians trying to loot the place for finger-licking baked potato skins.”

“The ruffians wore goatskin hats, gritty cloaks, and leggings of leather, all diffusing the odor of a hundred bathless nights and days.”