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riffraff

[rif-raf]

noun

  1. people, or a group of people, regarded as disreputable or worthless.

    a pack of riffraff.

  2. the lowest classes; rabble.

    the riffraff of the city.

  3. trash; rubbish.



adjective

  1. worthless, disreputable, or trashy.

riffraff

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noun

  1. worthless people, esp collectively; rabble

  2. dialectÌýworthless rubbish

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of riffraff1

1425–75; late Middle English rif and raf every particle, things of small value < Old French rif et raf, formed on rifler to spoil ( rifle 2 ), raffler to ravage, snatch away
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of riffraff1

C15 rif and raf , from Old French rif et raf ; related to rifler to plunder, and rafle a sweeping up; see rifle ², raffle
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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.

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He has some friends — acquaintances, really — whom he hates, mentally labeling them “the riffraff, the vulgarians, the slobs.â€

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She associated Georgia’s capital city with “crime†and “riffraff,†similar to how Trump once disparaged Atlanta as “crime infested†and “falling apart.â€

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Just before the riots he had also responded to a rowdy reception committee in one banlieue by calling them racaille - riffraff.

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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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