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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

R'AFF, v.t. [Heb.]
To sweep; to snatch, draw or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. Obs.
Their causes and effects I thus raff up together.
R'AFF, n.
1. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob. This is used chiefly in the compound or duplicate, riff-raff.
2. A promiscuous heap or collection; a jumble.

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English raf rubbish Date: 14th century riffraff

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Raff Raff, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Raffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Raffing.] [OF. raffer, of German origin; cf. G. raffen; akin to E. rap to snatch. See Rap, and cf. Riffraff, Rip to tear.] To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. [Obs.] Causes and effects which I thus raff up together. --Carew.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Raff Raff, n. 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.]

Moby Thesaurus

cattle, chaff, clamjamfry, debris, dregs, dregs of society, dust, junk, litter, lumber, masses, mob, offscourings, offscum, other half, proletariat, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, scrap, scum, shoddy, sordes, swinish multitude, trash, truck, vermin