How do you pronounce ruffin?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹʌfɪn/.

ruffin

/ˈɹʌfɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

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adj

Obsolete

noun

name

"His ruffin raiment all was staind with blood."
"So I jest called out to know what was up, and found it was Miss Vanholte's cowboys, who had been forced into the store by them rascally ruffins."

See ruffian.

more ruffin (comparative) most ruffin (superlative) ruffins (plural)

duffin buffin guffin

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