Definition of "ruffs" [ruffs]

• Plural form of ruff. (noun)

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• ""Look here, Dick, at the decoys," cried Tom running to a large wicker cage in which were four of the curious long-legged birds known as ruffs and reeves."
• "Significant populations of Palaearctic birds winter here, with several thousand wigeon (Anas penelope) and shovelers (Anas clypeata) observed in the Bale Mountains, along with waders such as ruffs (Philomachus pugnax) and greenshanks (Tringa nebularia)."
• "Then the defenders can't draw trumps and declarer just cross-ruffs."