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Definition of riff-raff noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

riff-raff

noun
 
/ˈrɪf ræf/
 
/ˈrɪf ræf/
[uncountable + singular or plural verb] (offensive)
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  1. an offensive way of referring to people considered to be of low social class or socially unacceptable
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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.
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