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单词 raff
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Definition of raff in English:

raff

(also reeaf)
noun raf
  • 1Worthless material; trash, rubbish, refuse. Also occasionally: miscellaneous material, odds and ends. Now Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern).

  • 2People of the lowest social class considered collectively; disreputable or undesirable people.

  • 3With the: the most disreputable or the lowest element of a class, community, etc.; the common run of people; the rabble.

  • 4A base, worthless person; a member of the riff-raff.

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). Apparently partly short for riff and raff one and all, everyone, everything, and partly (especially in later use) shortened from riff-raff. Compare raffle. However, the relationship between the senses of the word presents various uncertainties.

Definition of raff in US English:

raff

(also reeaf)
nounraf
  • 1Worthless material; trash, rubbish, refuse. Also occasionally: miscellaneous material, odds and ends. Now Scottish and English regional (chiefly northern).

  • 2People of the lowest social class considered collectively; disreputable or undesirable people.

  • 3With the: the most disreputable or the lowest element of a class, community, etc.; the common run of people; the rabble.

  • 4A base, worthless person; a member of the riff-raff.

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). Apparently partly short for riff and raff one and all, everyone, everything, and partly (especially in later use) shortened from riff-raff. Compare raffle. However, the relationship between the senses of the word presents various uncertainties.

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