1852 H. Pratten in D. D. Owen 623 The Ruffle-headed Duck, Fuligula Albeola, Linnæus.
1927 W. Deeping xxix. 370 The ruffle-headed pianist bumping up and down on his chair.
2006 J. Lawn & B. Beatty in E. Mathijs 55 It is now ruffle-headed Peter Jackson who has become the ‘poster-boy for fast capitalism’.