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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
- dialect.worthless rubbish
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of riffraff1
Example Sentences
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.
“I’ve dealt with the riffraff on the street for 14 years so I know how to play that,†she said.
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