Citations:ruff

English citations of ruff

1. 1957, Vinnie Williams, The fruit tramp, page 15:

   Uncle Chunk looked like the froggy-go-a-courting in one of Polk's tattered books, the same wide and humorous frog face and slit of mouth and slightly bulging eyes, the whole crowned with a thrust of bald head with a fringe of red hair ruffing the ears.

2. 1964, The Loon, page 6:

   Only when a horse or steer got within three or four feet did the adult owls react by calling or ruffing briefly.