riff-raff
noun /ˈrɪf ræf/
/ˈrɪf ræf/
[uncountable + singular or plural verb] (disapproving)- an offensive way of referring to people of low social class or people who are not considered socially acceptable
- We don’t want to let all the riff-raff in.
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (as riff and raff): from Old French rif et raf ‘one and all, every bit’, of Germanic origin.