Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To sweep, blow, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to sweep up.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity · lumber or refuse. · The common rabble or mob; riffraff. · A common, crass or low-standing person. Alternatively, a snob.
From Middle English raf, from Old French raffer, of Germanic origin; compare German raffen, akin to rap (“to snatch”). Compare riffraff, rip (“to tear”).
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