Suddenly, the dead silence struck me: my ear missed the "ruckle," and the occasional exclamations of delight.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Substance of a Dream] Reference

It is not too much to say that almost every step of the weary sultry way was in pain, and I reached Ujiji a mere ruckle of bones.    From Wordnik.com.  [How I Found Livingstone] Reference

He did let go, but only with one hand, and this in order to slide it down her leg, evidently meaning to get hold of her skirt and ruckle it up.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

That and this ruckle of stones we sit in are all that's left of what was my father's and my grandfather's and their forebears back till the dark of time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doom Castle] Reference

Vows that will last to the last death-ruckle, and vows that are snapp’d in a moment of fire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vastness] Reference

The "ruckle-ruckle" of the blocks sounded at quick intervals and indicated haste; there was a suggestion of vicious determination on the part of the men who were tugging at the halyards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916] Reference

"But I canna understand, lassie," said Mrs. Black to Jean, "hoo ye werena a 'roasted alive i' the hidy-hole, or suffocated at the best; an 'hoo did ye ever get oot wi' the ruckle o 'burning rafters abune ye?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hunted and Harried] Reference

"Tammas, ma puir fallow, if it could avail, a 'tell ye a' wud lay doon this auld worn-oot ruckle o 'a body o' mine juist tae see ye baith sittin 'at the fireside, an' the bairns roond ye, couthy an 'canty again; but it's no tae be, Tammas, it's no tae be.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush] Reference

"Tammas, ma puir fallow, if it could avail, a 'tell ye a' wud lay doon this auld worn-oot ruckle o 'a body o' mine juist tae see ye baith sittin 'at the fireside, an' the bairns round ye, couthy an 'canty again; but it's nae tae be, Tammas, it's nae tae be.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)] Reference

"ruckle-chuckled" along at her heels on its little red trucks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul] Reference

“The inspector ceased from his search of the rooms, and spent a minute in trying whether the mats would really fall flat when the doors were open, or merely ruckle up in a way as to appear they had been untouched; but in each case, the mats fell flat, and remained so.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carnacki, the Ghost Finder] Reference

I was in pain nearly every step of the way, and arrived a mere ruckle of bones to find myself destitute. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Personal Life of David Livingstone] Reference

I was in pain nearly every step of the way, and arrived a mere ruckle of bones to find myself destitute.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Personal Life Of David Livingstone]

That was the death-ruckle; he's dead. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guy Mannering — Complete] Reference

—That was the death-ruckle—he’s dead.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter XXVII] Reference

That was the death-ruckle; he’s dead.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guy Mannering] Reference

"Lie back, Sassenach, and ruckle up your shift.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

Instead, therefore, of getting my grand reward for finding the old man's daughter, the whole covey of them, no better than a set of swindlers, took leg-bail, and made that very night a moonlight flitting; and Johnny Hammer, honest man, that had wrought from sunrise to sunset for two days, fitting up their place by contract, instead of being well paid for his trouble as he deserved, got nothing left him but a ruckle of his own good deals, all dung to shivers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith] Reference

Instead, therefore, of getting my grand reward for finding the old man's daughter, the whole covey of them, no better than a set of swindlers, took leg-bail, and made that very night a moonlight flitting, and Johnny Hammer, honest man, that had wrought from sunrise to sunset for two days, fitting up their place by contract, instead of being well paid for his trouble, as he deserved, got nothing left him but a ruckle of his own good deals, all dung to shivers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself] Reference