ruffler
nounUK /ˈɹʌflə/ · US /ˈɹʌflɚ/
Etymology From ruffle + -er.
1
Historical A ruffian, bully, or villain, especially a 16th-17th-century vagabond operating under the guise of a maimed soldier or sailor.
- 1840-1841, Charles Dickens, Master Humphrey's Clock […] and then how he grasped his club and longed to do battle with a dozen rufflers, for the love of Mistress Alice!
- The ruffler in leather, who lately went fighting through the door, has returned, presumably by means of another entrance.1978, Michael Moorcock, chapter 1, in Gloriana; or, The Unfulfill'd Queen:
2
A sewing machine attachment for making ruffles.