| 单词 | border ruffian |
| 释义 | > as lemmasborder ruffian border ruffian n. U.S. (see sense 3c and quots.). ΚΠ 1856 Congress. Globe 5 Mar. 585/3 The Missouri ‘border ruffians’, as they have been termed. 1857 J. Taylor in Jrnl. Disc. 5 116 A great majority of the people of the West, on the borders, may be emphatically termed ‘Border ruffians’. The Eastern people call them by that name. 1864 Congress. Globe June 3234/2 We in Kansas have carried on a war for years against Indians, against border ruffians and against rebels. < as lemmas |
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