Associations to the word «Riffraff»

Wiktionary

RIFFRAFF, noun. The rabble; crowds; the common people.
RIFFRAFF, noun. Low class, ghetto, indigent

Dictionary definition

RIFFRAFF, noun. Disparaging terms for the common people.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.