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Another word for riffraff

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riffraff

n.

mob, masses, rabble; see people 3.

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Another word for riffraff

noun

A group of persons regarded as the lowest class:

dreg (often used in plural), lumpenproletariat, rabble, ragtag and bobtail, trash. (Slang) scum. Idioms: scum of the earth, tag and rag, the great unwashed. See over, rich

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He was their protection against Tulsa riffraff - a parental request.
In spite of the niggardly policy of the court of directors, who refused to incur the expense of employing skilled engineers, Aungier succeeded in fortifying the town and shore; he also raised a force of militia and regulars, the latter mainly Germans (as more trustworthy than the riffraff collected in London by the Company's crimps).

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