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riffraff::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail |
| Type of | common people, folk, folks |
| Has types | scum, trash |
Examples of riffraff
riffraff
Comes in handy for us riffraff who have to pay to park our civilian vehicles.
From the thenewstribune.com
One hundred and fifty degrees of temperature is how we keep the riffraff out.
From the stltoday.com
This place might benefit from a small cover charge to thin out the riffraff.
From the ocregister.com
Never even looked back, because it was too twisted and painful and rife with riffraff.
From the latimes.com
Because we had tickets, we got to leave the riffraff and tourists outside.
From the time.com
Make caller ID and voicemail your maitre d's, weeding out the riffraff.
From the washingtonpost.com
They learn how to dribble through the riffraff and make their own plays.
From the ocregister.com
There's a lot of riffraff on this street, and someone walking along might need a touch.
From the post-gazette.com
Is he willing to do what the riffraff do, and actually watch football?
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
- Rabble: disparaging terms for the common people
- Riffraff is a 1936 film starring Jean Harlow and Spencer Tracy. The movie was written by Frances Marion, Anita Loos, and H. W. Hannaford, and directed by J. Walter Ruben.
- Riffraff is a 1947 black-and-white international espionage film shot in the film noir style. The film, considered to be a minor noir entry more in the adventure genre, was directed by Ted Tetzlaff, who also directed The Window (1949) and worked as a cinematographer for over 100 films, including ...
- Hoi polloi (Ancientu00A0Greek: u03BFu1F31 u03C0u03BFu03BBu03BBu03BFu03AF, hoi polloi, "the many") is an expression from Greek that means the many or, in the strictest sense, the majority. In English, it has been corrupted by giving it a negative connotation to signify deprecation of the working class, commoners, the masses or common people in a derogatory or, more often today, ironic sense...
- Attendees of a rondi. Sometimes mistaken for the rock and dirt structure along a riverbank to protect the shore (riprap)
- Disreputable or undesirable people (page 123)
- Low life, worthless people
