boot boy vs ruffian

boot boy

noun
  • One of a gang of violent hooligans who usually wear short-cropped hair and bovver boots. 

  • A boy who cleans boots and shoes. 

  • A boy who cares for a footballer's boots. 

ruffian

noun
  • A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person. 

verb
  • To play the ruffian; to rage; to raise tumult. 

adj
  • Brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous. 

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