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  • n  violent lawless behavior

  • His cast is superbBosco's polished diabolism as Undershaft, Kennedy's valiantly wounded purity as Barbara, Jon De Vries' scruffily belligerent ruffianism as one of the .
  • South Carolina has always preferred a polite white supremacy to redneck ruffianism.
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  • New York Today: To the Polls
    What you need to know in New York for Tuesday: mayoral decision day, fall-appropriate weather and a 19th century election surprisingly free of "ruffianism."
    Nov. 5, 2013 - New York Times
  • City Room: New York Today: To the Polls
    What you need to know in New York for Tuesday: mayoral decision day, fall-appropriate weather and a 19th century election surprisingly free of “ruffianism.”        
    Nov. 5, 2013 - New York Times

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