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Synonyms for riffraff

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rif-raf
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪfˌræf

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Définition of riffraff

Origin :
  • also riff-raff, late 15c., from earlier rif and raf "one and all, everybody, every scrap," also "sweepings, refuse" (mid-14c.), from Old French rif et raf, from rifler "to spoil, strip" (see rifle (v.)). Second element from raffler "carry off," related to rafle "plundering," or from raffer "to snatch, to sweep together" (see raffle (n.)).
  • noun rabble
Example sentences :
  • Both in town and country, the riffraff of the houseboat element are in disfavor.
  • Extract from : « Afloat on the Ohio » by Reuben Gold Thwaites
  • We'll destroy Marsport before we'll give in to a doped-up crowd of riffraff!
  • Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
  • No riffraff friend of mine, but a regular NUN—a saint—do you hear?
  • Extract from : « A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • It brought to the scene a mixed throng of the riffraff of the camp.
  • Extract from : « My Adventures with Your Money » by George Graham Rice
  • A throng of the riffraff of the Street swarmed in front of the building.
  • Extract from : « My Adventures with Your Money » by George Graham Rice
  • Where are those Cubs and Pirates and all the rest of that riffraff?
  • Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team » by Lester Chadwick
  • Ample proof, however, exists that they were but the riffraff of the Order.
  • Extract from : « The Great Strike on the 'Q' » by John A. Hall
  • It was easy to tell the old-timers from the riffraff of newcomers.
  • Extract from : « Gold » by Stewart White
  • All the world had turned to California; its riffraff and offscourings as well as its true men.
  • Extract from : « Gold » by Stewart White
  • If he was of the riffraff of the streets, as his companions were, he was somehow different.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Prince » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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