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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Google counts on Oct 14, 2006
1,310 ruffian
950 roughian—eggcorn
Analysis by Joe Krozel
A “ruffian” is a brutal person, a bully. No doubt, a “roughian” is someone who is equally rough.
Examples:
Wannabebig Faces. [Archive] – Wanna Be Big Bodybuilding and …10-09-2001, 01:44 PM. damn! herc, you look like a roughian to me! ... Oh and BTW, I think the word is ‘ruffian’, not ‘roughian’ you uneducated Northern …
www.wannabebigforums.com/archive/index.php/t-4650.html – 73k – Cached – Similar pages
Murder, He Says (1945)In a rural town he stumbles onto the roughian Fleagle family… (more) User Comments: Fred Mac Murray Shines with Veteran Cast (more) ...
www.imdb.com/title/tt0037931/ – 47k – Cached – Similar pages
The Volokh Conspiracy – Comments Policy:If the roughian public is not welcome, slap a password on the site, allow only civilized lawyers with verifiable Bar numbers. It will be fascinating. ...
volokh.com/posts/1119849281.shtml – 52k – Cached – Similar pages
TheAgitator.com: Incestuous Washington, D.C. Libertarian Rant …Can we dismiss the idea, then, that Emily is an innocent damsel, distressed by a gang of roughian libertarian blog-bullies? ...
www.theagitator.com/archives/009000.php – 69k – Cached – Similar pages
SGN Page 44On the other hand was the “greaser,†a roughian with hair longer than a buzz-cut who coifed with oil and wax. In other words a man with long hair that was …
www.sgn.org/sgnnews24/page44.cfm – 23k – Cached – Similar pages
Mr. Arkadin (1955) review by the Jackass CriticsGuy, a bit of a roughian, decides to find out what he can from his people, those around Arkadin. Eventually Guy and Arkadin meet and Guy tells Arkadin that …
www.jackasscritics.com/movie.php?movie_key=175 – 31k – Cached – Similar pages
Vancouver Canucks Legends: Pavel BureChurla, a noted roughian, was giving Pavel a hard time in one particular game. Pavel took only so much before he caught Churla with a blind hit and a …
canuckslegends.blogspot.com/2006/05/pavel-bure.html – 31k – Cached – Similar pages
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