| Such rowdy, ruffianly, and apparently motiveless violence has a much longer history than the term hooligan. |
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| Presently the man whistled and another ruffianly person sprang out from near the gate at the corner of the Grotto-field and joined his companion. |
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| The mother, a devout washerwoman, had dreamed of her son becoming a priest, but Joseph Dzhugashvili was more ruffianly than clerical in appearance and outlook. |
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| She was told at the bird shop that the ruffianly bird could be cured of the bad habit by seizing him by the claws and whirling him around her head a couple of times. |
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| Surrounded by his ruffianly Mescaleros, the old groaner bigs it up on a convincing batch of rebel-rockabilly songs with added rainbow colourings, with the feisty opening track Johnny Appleseed setting the scene with panache. |
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