riffraff.
The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.
Meaning & usage
The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.
They started charging a modest fee in an effort to keep the riffraff out.
Sweepings; refuse.
Where this word comes from
From Old French rif et raf (“one and all”), of Germanic origin. The first word is from rifler (“to scrape off”) and the last is from raffler, related to rafler (“to plunder”).
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