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riffraff
[rif-raf]
noun
people, or a group of people, regarded as disreputable or worthless.
a pack of riffraff.
the lowest classes; rabble.
the riffraff of the city.
trash; rubbish.
adjective
worthless, disreputable, or trashy.
riffraff
/ ˈ°ùɪ´ÚËŒ°ùæ´Ú /
noun
worthless people, esp collectively; rabble
dialectÌýworthless rubbish
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of riffraff1
Example Sentences
The first half of the film finds our riffraff joining forces to escape Valentina’s death trap; the second is a parable about mental illness where the metaphors take command over the plot.
He has some friends — acquaintances, really — whom he hates, mentally labeling them “the riffraff, the vulgarians, the slobs.â€
She associated Georgia’s capital city with “crime†and “riffraff,†similar to how Trump once disparaged Atlanta as “crime infested†and “falling apart.â€
Just before the riots he had also responded to a rowdy reception committee in one banlieue by calling them racaille - riffraff.
Indeed, this “savage,†as Shakespeare took pains to note in his complicated depiction of Caliban, is a good deal more civilized than the drunken riffraff with whom he falls into cahoots.
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