raff /ˈræf/
下層人民;大眾;無賴;廢物
Raff v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raffed p. pr. & vb. n. Raffing.] To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obs.]
Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. --Carew.
Raff, n.
1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. “A raff of errors.”
2. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.
3. A low fellow; a churl.
Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov. Eng.]
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