riffraff (noun)
21roughscuff — noun also rough scruff ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ Etymology: rough (I) + scuff, scruff : riffraff the political roughscuff of Europe Atlantic …
22tagrag and bobtail — noun see tag, rag, and bobtail * * * tagrag and bobtail, the riffraff; rabble …
23rabble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. crowd, proletariat, populace, common herd, hoi polloi; mob, canaille, riffraff, scum. See assemblage. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mob, masses, riffraff; see crowd 1 , people 3 . III (Roget s 3… …
24scum — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. froth, foam; slag, dross; mother (in fermentation); riff raff. See uncleanness, populace, layer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. froth, film, impurities; see residue , trash 1 , 3 . III (Roget s 3… …
25trash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rubbish, garbage, refuse, offal, litter, debris; junk, scrap, waste. See uselessness, populace. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Rubbish] Syn. garbage, waste, refuse, dregs, filth, litter, debris, dross,… …
26raff — /ræf/ (say raf) noun Obsolete the riffraff; the rabble. {apparently abstracted from riffraff} …
27ragtag — /ˈrægtæg/ (say ragtag) noun 1. the worst elements; riffraff. –phrase 2. ragtag and bobtail, riffraff or rabble. {rag1 + tag1 (def. 20) …
28skolly — ˈskälē, li noun ( es) Etymology: probably modification of Afrikaans skorrimorrie rascal, riffraff, from Dutch schorrimorrie, schorremorrie riffraff, perhaps modification of Yiddish soyrer umoyre rogue, good for nothing, hoodlum, from Hebrew sorēr …
29rag|tag — «RAG TAG», noun, adjective. –n. the riffraff; rabble. –adj. U.S. Informal. characteristic or consisting of riffraff: »His forces had been whittled down to a ragtag band (Newsweek) …
30riff·raff — /ˈrıfˌræf/ noun [noncount] disapproving : people who are not respectable : people who have very low social status Try not to associate with that riffraff. often used in a humorous or exaggerated way to suggest the attitudes of wealthy and… …
