riffraff

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (derogatory, informal, uncountable, usually) The rabble; crowds; people of a low, disreputable or undesirable class or position.
  2. (informal, uncountable, usually) Sweepings; refuse.

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Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈɹɪfɹæf/
Étymologie (Anglais)

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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