ruffians

• You will get no good by doing what you are talking of let me tell you that at all events, and advise you to give up your notable scheme Then you did overbear us," said the ruffian Cobb; "it won't do to trust him Before I had time to open my mouth I found myself gagged, so that I could not give the alarm, and I felt that the ruffians were about to lift me up and heave me overboard. —  My First Voyage to Southern Seas
• If we go on blasting the place we shall end by shutting them in beyond recovery," said Sir Edward, "a good enough thing to do as far as the ruffians are concerned, but we shall destroy Sir Morton Darley and his child I can't think of anything, father," said Mark, gloomily. —  The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First
• Here, in this vast calendar of guilt and misery, amidst the aliases or cant designations of ruffians--prostitutes--felons, stood the description, at full length, Christian and surnames all properly registered, of my Agnes--of her whose very name had always sounded to my ears like the very echo of mountain innocence, purity, and pastoral simplicity. —  The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg
• From inquiries she made, it became clear that the young ruffians were her own children. —  The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
• Expecting resistance, the ruffians were for a moment staggered at seeing only two unarmed men. —  The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10

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