riffraff
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I come from nobility — the House of Riffraff.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2016
Weeding Out the Riffraff Sheila Bridges played the cancer card only once, when a state trooper stopped her for speeding on the Taconic Parkway.
From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2013
After-school clubs for boys and girls invited them in, away from the streets, providing a place to build friendships and stay away from the Riffraff.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
"Riffraff!" he said again, aloud, and again: "Riffraff!"
From The Magnificent Ambersons by Tarkington, Booth
If he had perceived such a bearing, he would have been affected only so far, probably, as to mutter, "Riffraff!"
From The Magnificent Ambersons by Tarkington, Booth
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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