Meaning of 'raff'

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Meaning of ‘raff’

4 definitions found.

raff

To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obs.] Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. Carew.

A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. "A raff of errors." Barrow.

The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.

A low fellow; a churl. Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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