riff-raff

Noun

Meaning

riff-raff (usually uncountable, plural riff-raffs)

Alternative spelling of riffraff

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Examples

According to Teotonio R. DeSouza, recent critical accounts indicate that apart from the posted civil servants, "the great majority of those who were dispatched as 'discoverers' were the riff-raff of Portuguese society, picked up from Portuguese jails." Source: Internet

Basil often displays blatant snobbishness in order to climb the social ladder, frequently expressing disdain for the " riff-raff ", "cretins" and " yobbos " that he believes to regularly populate his hotel. Source: Internet

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