raff
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- noun
- /ræf/
- Offensive
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gentuza
- - YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE BEGINNINGS OF A PRETTY DECENT LITTLE COMMUNITY HERE BEFORE HIM AND HIS RIFF-RAFF MOVED IN ON US.
- riff-raff
So because they want to keep the riff raff out the rest of us.
- So because they want to keep the riff raff out the rest of us.
- It looks like a nouveau riche, white trash, riff raff Knick knack flea market.
- Then the next phase is that you have you have riff raff start, you have eviction start.
- This is white trash riff raff Knick knack corruption at the highest form.
- It is Riff Raff Knick knack, Paddy Wack, Throw a dog a bone.
Examples
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"Gets rid of the riff-raff and makes room for immigrants that really want to be here.
Blog text (24) -
Yes, keep the riff-raff out by all means.
Blog text (14) -
So because they want to keep the riff raff out the rest of us.
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Who would want to let in riff-raff from the streets?
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There are all sorts of riff-raff now getting involved in trade policy.
Academic text (2000) -
- They're the riff raff of the welfare state.
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As we have seen, it is in both parties' long-term interest to keep the riff-raff well away from the levers of power.
Blog text (31) -
We never expected Adriana to end up with the riff raff that she's chosen on the other side of the tracks.
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Boone told Greg that Flandrau Street is full of riff-raff.
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The exclusive club has strict rules to keep the raff out.
Synonyms
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8.2
People who are seen as rude or not honest and looked down on
Antonyms
How Respectable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Raff comes from the older phrase riff‑raff, a rude name for people thought of as 'low' or 'undesirable'. So calling someone raff is to say they belong to that unwanted group.