单词 RUFFIAN的词源
From Old French rufien, from Italian ruffiano, perhaps related to Langobardic hruf scurf, scabbiness.
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Ruffian: Burning From the Start
Beginning with her earliest days in Kentucky, the book follows Ruffian at every stage of her career and through the agony of her final hours--venturing behind the scenes of the racing world, and exploring the politics and personalities that ...
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Ruffian: A Race Track Romance
Documents the rise and tragic end of the career of 1970s filly racer Ruffian, whose televised match against Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure resulted in a life-ending foreleg break, in an account that also traces the author's love for ...
This is the story of the Bellerophon, a ship of the line known to her crew as the Billy Ruffian.
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The Licorice Daughter: My Year With
Ruffian
"Thoroughbred racing has never gotten over Ruffian. Lyn Lifshin came out of nowhere to become a Ruffian fan, a zealot for everything Ruffian stood for and all that she touched.
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Mrs Reynolds and the
Ruffian
At first glance this is a simple tale of two generations locked in battle, Mrs Reynolds standing up for traditional values with her "nice little house, nice little garden and nice little life" vs.
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Ruffian Tedd the Winter's Child
December 22nd, 2008 Callum and Ruffian stood across the street from the
Ashland and Sixty-third subway station. They were trying very hard to look un-
suspicious. Which wasn't easy when you were paranoid with a capitol P. Mr.
Karlsson ...
In six days Silas Mudd will be one hundred years old and is alarmingly healthy - more than can be said of his son. `Not sure he’ll make old bones’ he confides loudly to his daughter-in-law.
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The
Ruffian on the Stair
His enquiries lead him to Jersey and to France, where among Seb's discoveries is the grave of the Vickybird, a vicious Victorian rentboy and artist's model whom his grandfather had known in London in the 1890s and who may have been the ...
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Barbaro, Smarty Jones and
Ruffian: The People's Horses
In Barbaro, Smarty Jones and Ruffian: The People's Horses, she brings a new perspective to the private and public lives of these three horses. Book jacket.
If thou hast Yesterday thy duty done, And thereby clear'd firm footing for To-day,
Whatever clouds make dark To-morrow's sun, Thou shalt not miss thy solitary
way. THE RUFFIAN. BY THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. I entertain so
strong ...
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The grateful ruffian: how the hell Ray Wylie Hubbard keeps getting …
Hubbard has just released a record called “The Ruffian's Misfortune” that is the second in a trilogy that began with 2012's A Grifter's Hymnal and will conclude ... «Easy Reader, 六月 15»
Wedding Toast Cruises in Ruffian
Racing fourth early on while her entry mate Via Strata set the pace in the one-mile Ruffian, Wedding Toast easily went by second-choice Princess Violet in the ... «BloodHorse.com, 五月 15»
Entry gains favorite's role in Ruffian Stakes
The Godolphin Racing entry of Via Strata and Wedding Toast has been made the 8-5 morning line favorite for Saturday's $250,000 Ruffian Stakes at Belmont ... «Fresno Bee, 五月 15»
Princess Violet Tops Ruffian Stakes Entrants
In the mile Ruffian, the 4-year-old will break from post 4 under jockey Jose Ortiz. Carrying 123 pounds she is the co-high weight in the field with House Rules. «BloodHorse.com, 五月 15»
Friday Video Spotlight: Ray Wylie Hubbard releases new album 'The …
"I really liked 'The Grifter's Hymnal,' and I think 'The Ruffian's Misfortune' is still kind of a part of that," he says in the release, adding that he likes the way both ... «NewsOK.com, 四月 15»
Ray Wylie Hubbard The Ruffian's Misfortune
Jethro Tull titles notwithstanding, who else believes the cliché “too old to rock and roll/too young to die”? It's clearly not the nearly 70 year old, ... «American Songwriter, 四月 15»
Meet Selena Gomez's New Album Collaborators: Zedd, Dreamlab …
The pop princess hit the ground running as she reveals new album collaborators Ruffian, Dreamlab and Zedd. Into the mix of these is a previous confirmation ... «The Inquisitr, 十二月 14»
Watch This Trippy Young Ruffian Remix of Lana Del Rey's "Once …
We'll take pretty much any remix of a Lana song because there can never be enough Lana Del Rey -- that's a proven fact. In addition to the Young Ruffian remix ... «Papermag, 十一月 14»
Lana Del Rey's “Once Upon A Dream (Young Ruffian Remix)” Gets …
Young Ruffian's dreamy/nightmarish overhaul has racked up almost one million streams on SoundCloud and is generally accepted to have achieved the ... «Idolator: All About The Music, 十一月 14»
Front Row Report, Ruffian: Jaime King Sews a Hat, Rose McGowan …
“We took a road trip, ended up in L.A. and kind of fell in love,” said designer Brian Wolk, one half of New York-based label Ruffian, recalling his visit to Tinseltown ... «Hollywood Reporter, 十月 14»