Thesaurus: raff

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1. v. t. To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep.
2. n. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
3. n. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.
4. n. A low fellow; a churl.
5. To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obs.] Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. Carew. 1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. "A raff of errors." Barrow. 2. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff. 3. A low fellow; a churl. Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov. Eng.]
6. To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by apromiscuous sweep. [Obs.]Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. Carew.
7. v. t. To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. n. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. n. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff. n. A low fellow; a churl.