Примеры употребления для ruffian
1. "Omkara is literally a ‘half–caste‘ ruffian who has become a leader.
2. Others questioned how a player such as Materrazzi–widely known as a ruffian on the field–could dare interfere with the workings of a genius.
3. He was well received by his Tory colleagues, partly because of his combination of military, farming and legal backgrounds, partly because he was seen as a "jovial ruffian" in the smoking room.
4. A ruffian jumped on the bus, knocked over an old lady, trampled on daughter‘s toes and then stuffed his bag, with his take–away curry, on top of said plants.
5. The British Museum, for example, is still smarting from the case of the Portland vase, a violet–blue Roman glass urn found in the tomb of Emperor Alexander Severus, deliberately vandalised and shattered to pieces by a ruffian in 1845, but so impeccably restored that it is impossible to tell.