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riffraff

riff·raff

UK/ˈɹɪfɹæf/ US/ˈrɪˌfræf/ uncommon informal

noun

Origin

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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