riffraff

  • 11Riffraff (1936 film) — Infobox Film name = Riffraff image size = caption = Poster of Riffraff director = J. Walter Ruben producer = writer = Frances Marion Anita Loos H. W. Hannaford narrator = starring = Jean Harlow Spencer Tracy music = Edward Ward cinematography =… …

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  • 12riffraff — Synonyms and related words: bilge, bilgewater, canaille, carrion, cattle, chaff, clamjamfry, debris, dishwater, ditchwater, dregs, dregs of society, dust, garbage, junk, kelter, litter, lumber, masses, mob, offal, offscourings, offscum,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 13riffraff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rabble, canaille, dregs of society. See populace. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mob, masses, rabble; see people 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. rabble, *dregs of society, peasantry, commoners, hoi… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 14riffraff — riff|raff [ rif,ræf ] noun uncount an insulting word for people who are considered to belong to a low social and economic group and are thought not to know how to behave correctly in social situations …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15riffraff —   …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 16riffraff — see riff raff …

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  • 17riffraff — rɪfræf n. rabble, lower social classes; people considered disreputable or worthless; garbage, trash, rubbish …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 18riffraff — n 1. the hoi polloi, the rabble, the masses, proletariat, rank and file, commoners, the lower classes, peasantry, the common people, commonalty; trash, canaille, doggery, Inf. the great unwashed, scum, ragtag and bobtail, flotsam and jetsam,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 19riffraff — riff·raff …

    English syllables

  • 20riffraff — riff•raff [[t]ˈrɪfˌræf[/t]] n. 1) disreputable people 2) the lowest classes; rabble 3) trash; rubbish • Etymology: 1425–75; late ME rif and raf every particle, things of small value < OF rif et raf …

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