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riff-raff noun [ ˈrɪfraf ]

• disreputable or undesirable people.
• "I saw the sort of riff-raff that had been invited"
Similar: rabble, scum, refuse, garbage, trash, vermin, the lowest of the low, in the underclass, the dregs of society, good-for-nothings, undesirables, rubbish, peasants, Z-list, as common as muck,
Opposite: elite, high-class,
Origin: late 15th century (as riff and raff ): from Old French rif et raf ‘one and all, every bit’, of Germanic origin.


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