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Meaning of riffraffish | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of riffraff.

derogatory, informal

Examples

“What kind of general allowed the riffraff off the streets to wait in his office? And he hated to say it, but Ellie looked extremely riffraffish.”
“Over the next few years the quiet, bespectacled composer and the riffraffish writer collaborated on Mahagonny and Threepenny Opera before falling out with each other.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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