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Ruck Crease Corolla Ruk Noun Large Mass Ordinary

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ruck /ruk/
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noun
1. A large mass, especially of ordinary people or things. 
2. A crease or wrinkle.

verb tr., intr.
1. In the US military, to carry heavy loads while afoot.
To make a crease or to become creased.

[From Old Norse hrukka (wrinkle, fold). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to turn or bend), which is also the source of ranch, rank, shrink, circle, circa, crisp, corolla, search, ring, curb, ridge, curve, corolla, and coronary. Earliest documented use: 1225.]

"Any genuine pilgrim would have to fight his way past a ruck of tourists to get close to such an object." - Keith Miller; St Peter's; Profile Books; 2010.

"She ran across the room and tripped on the rucked carpet under the bed." - Liz Ryan; Sometimes a Rogue; Hodder & Stoughton; 1997.

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