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    [Noun]  | "riff*raff" | \ ˈrif-ˌraf \


    1: disreputable persons

    2: rabble

    3: one of the riffraff


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English ryffe raffe, from rif and raf every single one, from Anglo-French rif e raf altogether;

    [Noun]  | "riffraff" 


    1: discarded or useless material;


      * e.g., " ... the sight of piles and piles of riffraff at the town dump was a sobering reminder that we are indeed a society of consumers "





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


      * e.g., " ... local ordinances that are intended to keep the riffraff out of the town "



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     [ "riffraff" ]

    1: The unwashed masses. The Hoi Polloi. The kind of people who would spend a day on a public beach going into the water without taking their shirts off. Riffraff are often followers of Sarah Palin, and when they happen to be white are often known as "real americans".

      * e.g.,  ... Can't we go somewhere nice for dinner? Theres riffraff everywhere at this red lobster! 

     [ "Riffraff" ]

    1: Trouble makers, or more than likely people out for a good time

      * e.g.,  ... Don't let the Riffraff in. 

     [ "Lord riffraff" ]

    1: A Good Samaritan, formerly known in the 1400s in the geedorah empire, final words were “let’s bounce”

      * e.g.,  ... “that’s rad, lets bounce” - lord riffraff 

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