riffraff
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.
worthless, disreputable, or trashy.
Origin of riffraff
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How to use riffraff in a sentence
Then, the specific one that a scientist wants to study is separated from the riffraff by magnets that redirect particles based on their mass and electric charge.
A new particle accelerator aims to unlock secrets of bizarre atomic nuclei | Emily Conover | November 15, 2021 | Science NewsYou’re going to keep out a lot of the riffraff by making it harder to break iPhones.
Hackers are finding ways to hide inside Apple’s walled garden | Patrick Howell ONeill | March 1, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewWe are trying to digest the riffraff of the world, and can't do it, in spite of such incorrigible optimists as Judge Leslie.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHere all the riffraff that had been unable to establish itself in better quarters had found some sort of a haven.
Police Your Planet | Lester del ReyFor goodness sake, dont get any more riffraff into our class!
Maybee's Stepping Stones | Archie Fell
Ample proof, however, exists that they were but the riffraff of the Order.
The Great Strike on the 'Q' | John A. HallFrom my window where I am writing I can see how insolent the attitude of this Mohammedan riffraff is becoming.
The Dark Star | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for riffraff
/ (ˈrɪfˌræf) /
worthless people, esp collectively; rabble
dialect worthless rubbish
Origin of riffraff
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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