"ruffianism" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of his Natural Life, Penguin, published 2009, page 53:",
          "text": "Each new comer was one more recruit to the ranks of ruffianism, and not a man penned in that reeking den of infamy but became a sworn hater of law, order, and “free-men.”",
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          "ref": "1949, George Orwell, 1984, published 1949, page 242 (in Part III, Chapter I):",
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        "The behaviour of a ruffian; ruffians collectively."
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