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

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