" ragtag and bobtail "

1: people looked down upon as ignorant and of the lowest class;

  * e.g., " ... locals complained that rental housing would attract the ragtag and bobtail to their well-groomed suburb "

•  Synonyms : 

•  proletariat,

•  rabble,

•  rabblement,

•  riffraff,

•  rout,

•  scum,

•  tag, rag, and bobtail,

•  trash,

•  unwashed

•  Antonyms : 

•  A-list,

•  aristocracy,

•  elite,

•  gentry,

•  quality,

•  society,

•  upper class,

•  upper crust