RIFFRAFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does riffraff mean? 

• RIFFRAFF (noun)
  The noun RIFFRAFF has 1 sense:

1. disparaging terms for the common people

  Familiarity information: RIFFRAFF used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIFFRAFF (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disparaging terms for the common people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

rabble; ragtag; ragtag and bobtail; riffraff

Hypernyms ("riffraff" is a kind of...):

common people; folk; folks (people in general (often used in the plural))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "riffraff"):

scum; trash (worthless people)

 Context examples 

He would entertain there the factor of Taiohae, captains of wandering traders, and all the best of the South Pacific riffraff.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)