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Definitions: RUFFLER |
RUFFLERNoun1. That which ruffles; specifically, a sewing machine attachment for making ruffles. 2. One who ruffles; a swaggerer; a bully; a ruffian. |
Date "RUFFLER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1881. (references) |
"RUFFLER" is a common misspelling or typo for: muffler, raffle, riffle, ruffle, ruffled. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Occupations | Operates sewing machine equipped with shirring attachment to shorten or decorate edges of material with gathers or puckers for use in fabricating articles, such as buffing wheels, curtains and tie-backs, casket interiors, hats and caps, and decorative folds in fabrics for garment trimmings: Turns screws to adjust tension of thread, length of stitch, and spacing and width of shirred runnings. Presses knee control to raise gathering device, positions edge of material beneath needle, and lowers gathering device onto material. Trims excess thread and material from shirred material, using scissors or knife-blade attachment. Performs duties as described under SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, REGULAR EQUIPMENT (any industry) Master Title. (references) |
| Tends one or more automatic sewing machines that gather continuous lengths of material used for ruffles or valances. Turns thumbscrew or lever to change number of gathers per inch according to specifications. May be designated according to article shirred as Valance Shirrer (tex. prod., nec). Performs duties as described under SEWING-MACHINE OPERATOR, AUTOMATIC (any industry) Master Title. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: RUFFLER |
| Specialty definitions using "RUFFLER": CHAINSTITCH SEWING MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ DEMONSTRATOR, SEWING TECHNIQUES. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ruffler | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "RUFFLER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Greek | ταραξίασ (agitator, heckler, hoodlum, rioter, rowdy, trouble maker). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ufflerray người vênh váo lên mặt ta đây, người nghênh ngang, người ngạo mạn, người hung hăng, người hay gây gỗ (broiler). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "RUFFLER": rufflers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "RUFFLER" (pronounced 'Ruf"fler'): Baffler, Maffler, Raffler, Riffler, Rifler, Scuffler, Shaffler, snuffler, stifler, trifler, Whiffler. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-f-l-r-r-u" | |
-1 letter: furler, ruffle. | |
-2 letters: lurer, ruffe, ruler. | |
-3 letters: flue, fuel, furl, luff, lure, ruer, ruff, rule. | |
-4 letters: eff, elf, err, fer, feu, flu, fur, leu, ref, rue. | |
-5 letters: ef, el, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-f-l-r-r-u" | |
+1 letter: rufflers, rufflier. | |
+3 letters: fearfuller. | |
+4 letters: floriferous, fruitfuller. | |
+5 letters: buffaloberry. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 55 46 46 4C 45 52 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. ..- ..-. ..-. .-.. . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01010101 01000110 01000110 01001100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R U F F L E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0055 0046 0046 004C 0045 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52554040463952 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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