riffraff
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The first half of the film finds our riffraff joining forces to escape Valentina’s death trap; the second is a parable about mental illness where the metaphors take command over the plot.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025
He has some friends — acquaintances, really — whom he hates, mentally labeling them “the riffraff, the vulgarians, the slobs.”
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024
Just before the riots he had also responded to a rowdy reception committee in one banlieue by calling them racaille - riffraff.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023
After all, someone’s gotta clear out the riffraff and the scammers, right?
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2023
‘At least we are all safe, and if only Papa is well and ...’ ‘I’m going back to Milton, Miss, to get that silver before the riffraff steal it.’
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Vocabulary lists containing riffraff
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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"Efrén Divided" by Ernesto Cisneros, Chapters 1–5
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