Noun
riff-raff (usually uncountable, plural riff-raffs)
Alternative spelling of riffraff
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