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ruck ruhk noun a scrum; a body of people; a throng 1901KimThe ruck of passengers, busy, with their babies and their bundles, had not noticed the affair.1936Keep the Aspidistra FlyingIt mightn't be a bad thing, if you could manage it, to feel yourself one of them, one of the ruck of men.1999MonsoonNone of their foes was able to lift his long musket in the close ruck of bodies…2003Blue HorizonHe could not see him in the ruck of fighting men…Labels: George Orwell, Rudyard Kipling, Wilbur Smith
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