Raff

[raf]

noun

riffraff; rabble.

Origin:
1665–75; extracted from riff-raff

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Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.

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raff (ræf)

—n
1.	rubbish; refuse
2.	rabble or riffraff

[C14: perhaps from Old French rafle a snatching up; compare raffle, riffraff]

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