riffraff
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Powerful teams like Manchester United, Real Madrid and Liverpool thought they could exclude the riffraff clubs and create an exclusive, lucrative upper league that would thrill their fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
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
Indeed, this “savage,” as Shakespeare took pains to note in his complicated depiction of Caliban, is a good deal more civilized than the drunken riffraff with whom he falls into cahoots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2023
“Inspection, right. Very careful we must be. Can’t allow any riffraff or deserters,” I said.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
We pull up to a parking lot where you have to pay to leave your car and guards watch it to make sure no riffraffs come in and try to jack it from you.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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"Efrén Divided" by Ernesto Cisneros, Chapters 1–5
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