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RUFFIN,

the Devil; as The Ruffin nab the Cuffin Quire, and let the Harman beck trine with his Kinchins about his Col quarron; i.e. Let the Devil take the Justice, and let the Constable hang with his Children about his Neck.

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Entry taken from 1736 Canting Dictionary, by Nathan Bailey.

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ROUGH
ROYSTERS
To RUB
He RUBS us to the Whit
RUFF
RUFFIN
RUFFLERS
RUFFMANS
RUFF-Peck
RUG
RUM

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The Vulgar Tongue originally collected by Grose, 1811.

Also see examples in Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes collected by John S. Farmer (1896).