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riffraff

N คนชั้นต่ำ  ของเหลือ  ของเสีย 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RIFFRAFF

n.Sweepings; refuse.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RIFFRAFF

Riff "raff `, n. Etym: [OE. rif and raf every particle, OF. rif et raf. CF. Raff, and 1st Rifle. ]

 

Defn: Sweepings; refuse; the lowest order of society. Beau & Fl.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

riffraff

riff raff |ˈrifˌraf ˈrɪfræf | noun disreputable or undesirable people: I don't think they talk to riffraff off the street. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (as riff and raff ): from Old French rif et raf one and all, every bit, of Germanic origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

riffraff

riffraff noun this government considers its citizens riffraff and is quick to silence the mere whispers of dissent: rabble, scum, good-for-nothings, undesirables, lowlifes, hoi polloi, the lowest of the low; informal peasants. ANTONYMS elite.