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View synonyms for riffraff
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
/ ˈrɪfˌræf /
noun
- worthless people, esp collectively; rabble
- dialect.worthless rubbish
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Word History and Origins
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Word 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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Example Sentences
We are trying to digest the riffraff of the world, and can't do it, in spite of such incorrigible optimists as Judge Leslie.
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Here all the riffraff that had been unable to establish itself in better quarters had found some sort of a haven.
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For goodness sake, dont get any more riffraff into our class!
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Ample proof, however, exists that they were but the riffraff of the Order.
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From my window where I am writing I can see how insolent the attitude of this Mohammedan riffraff is becoming.
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