R'AFF, verb transitive [Heb.] To sweep; to snatch, draw or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. obsolete Their causes and effects I thus raff up together. R'AFF, noun 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.
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