| Summary: | ruckler n [Game " . . . may brother . . . played as a child"] _Ruckler_ - A piece of stiff wire bent at one end just the width of a milk can. Then you would put one milk can in (?) another four milk cans on the handle and you would ruckle this gadget along the road making a lot of noise - the more noise, the better ruckler you had. [over] [reverse] moise, the better ruckler you had Milk cans (1602) Carnation evaporated milk cans! DNE-cit JH FEB 1972 [check] Used I Used I Used I [see 'ruckle', also 'rucklin hoops', 'ruckle the hoops'] this line does not appear in the dictionary; the first line of the quote also does not appear in the dictionary.
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