j. raff

Raff

[rahf]
noun
Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.
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raff (ræf) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  rubbish; refuse
2.  rabble or riffraff
 
[C14: perhaps from Old French rafle a snatching up; compare raffle, riffraff]

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J. raff is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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