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单词 riffraff
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
riff•raff /ˈrɪfˌræf/USA pronunciation   n. [plural]
  1. disreputable or unwanted people.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
riff•raff  (rif′raf′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. people, or a group of people, regarded as disreputable or worthless:a pack of riffraff.
  2. the lowest classes;
    rabble:the riffraff of the city.
  3. trash;
    rubbish.

adj. 
  1. worthless, disreputable, or trashy.
  • Old French rif et raf, formed on rifler to spoil (see rifle2), raffler to ravage, snatch away
  • late Middle English rif and raf every particle, things of small value 1425–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
riffraff /ˈrɪfˌræf/ n (sometimes functioning as plural)
  1. worthless people, esp collectively; rabble
  2. dialect worthless rubbish
Etymology: 15th Century rif and raf, from Old French rif et raf; related to rifler to plunder, and rafle a sweeping up; see rifle², raffle
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