riffraff
Use Riffraff in a sentence
noun
1.
people, or a group of people, regarded as disreputable or worthless: a pack of riffraff.
2.
the lowest classes; rabble: the riffraff of the city.
3.
trash; rubbish.
adjective
4.
worthless, disreputable, or trashy.
Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English rif and raf every particle, things of small value < Old French rif et raf, formed on rifler to spoil (see rifle2), raffler to ravage, snatch away
1425–75; late Middle English rif and raf every particle, things of small value < Old French rif et raf, formed on rifler to spoil (see rifle2), raffler to ravage, snatch away
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| —n | |
| 1. | worthless people, esp collectively; rabble |
| 2. | dialect worthless rubbish |
| [C15 rif and raf, from Old French rif et raf; related to rifler to plunder, and rafle a sweeping up; see | |
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Example sentences
Face masks blocked the airborne riffraff but did little to filter the stomach-churning stenches that emanated from kitchens.
So let me point out how much this candidate appeals to the riffraff.
The demonstrations cannot be dismissed as mindless acts of a mischief-bent riffraff.
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