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Meaning of raff | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ɹæf/

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A disorderly heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before the wind.
  4. The common rabble or mob; riffraff.
    countable, uncountable
  5. A low fellow; a churl.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“A raff of errors.”
“Jostling with unemployed labourers of the lowest class, ballast-heavers, coal-whippers, brazen women, ragged children, and the raff and refuse of the river, he makes his way with difficulty along […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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