Canaille, rabble.

figurative. Dregs, scum, offscourings, trash; (as a count noun) something worthless.

Foot soldiers; followers, rabble.

Ribalds collectively; common or vulgar people; rabble, low company.

With the and plural agreement: abject people as a class; the downtrodden; outcasts.

Usually in plural. That which is scoured off (literally or figuratively). In biblical use, and allusions to this: a group of people despised and…

figurative. The most worthless part or parts; the base or useless residue; the refuse or offscourings.

The action of sweeping out or away. Also: †that which is swept out; refuse, dregs (obsolete).

Rabble. Obsolete. rare.

Ribalds collectively; rabble, masses. Obsolete. rare.

People of the lowest social class considered collectively; disreputable or undesirable people; = riff-raff, n.1 1a. Cf. scaff, n. 2.

figurative. derogatory. The most worthless part of a population; the dregs, the scum. Obsolete.

In various extended uses; mostly contemptuous. of men and women, with reference to various preceding senses. archaic.

That which is skimmed off; scum, dross, refuse. Chiefly in figurative use: that which is rejected as vile or worthless, esp. a contemptible person or…

Without article: people of the lowest class; people forming the socially inferior, uncouth, or disorderly element of any group or body of people.

Worthless rabble; the offscourings of society.

transferred. Applied to persons: The offscourings of humanity; the lowest class of the population of a place or country.

figurative. Offscourings, dregs, worthless people.

With plural agreement. Persons of menial rank collectively.

figurative. Dregs, offscouring, riff-raff. Obsolete.

Applied contemptuously to persons. Cf. scum, n.

In extended use: a despised, outcast, or worthless group of people; the scum or dregs of a particular group or class; (formerly also) †a despised…

The rabble, the riff-raff; also (with plural) a member of the rabble; a low or despicable person. Now rare except as in phrases 1.

Waste material, rubbish.

A worthless or disreputable person; now, usually, such persons collectively. Cf. white trash, n., poor white trash, n.

figurative. A superfluous or useless fragment, a remnant, a piece of rubbish; leftover or discarded material, rubbish, dregs.

plural. Dregs, refuse, scum. Obsolete. rare.

Originally, with of (as in garbage of the world, garbage of humanity, etc.): the most despised or contemptible group of people in a society; cf. scum…

= riff-raff, n.1

†A group (of young men or boys) (obsolete). Also: a group of worthless or contemptible people, riff-raff; a rowdy group of people, a rabble (also…

People of low social class or position; disreputable or undesirable people; members of the rabble considered collectively.

The ‘scum’ of the population. rare.

Usually depreciative. Without article: people forming a crowd or considered as a mass. Obsolete.

figurative (esp. of persons: cf. offscouring, n. 1a).

Motley, disorderly, or unruly people; rabble; (as a count noun) an unruly crowd. Also: confusion, disorderliness; a confused state.

figurative (plural) of persons or things, in depreciative sense: Rubbish, riff-raff.

‘Trumpery’ or worthless people, or those who are so viewed; rabble, mob, canaille; also ‘applied to the purse-proud vulgar’ (Jamieson).

As a mass noun: rabble, riff-raff.

A scruffy person, an oaf, a layabout; a contemptible or inferior person, someone of no breeding. Also collective, scum, riff-raff.

People of the lowest class considered collectively; the masses, the poor. Now historical.

Frequenters of the underworld. Australian slang. Now Obsolete or rare.