ARK RUFFIANS


Meaning of ARK RUFFIANS in English

Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, &c. A species of badger. CANT.

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.