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Definitions for raff
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Raffverb
To sweep; to huddle; to take hastily without distinction.
Their causes and effects I thus raff up together. Carew.
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Raff
Raff is a surname of German, English or Old Norse origin.
Webster Dictionary
Raffverb
to sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep
Raffnoun
a promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse
Raffnoun
the sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff
Raffnoun
a low fellow; a churl
Etymology: [OF. raffer, of German origin; cf. G. raffen; akin to E. rap to snatch. See Rap, and cf. Riffraff, Rip to tear.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Raff
raf, n. the sweepings of society, the rabble: the riff-raff: rubbish: a low worthless fellow, a rowdy.—v.t. (obs.) to snatch, to sweep off.—adj. Raff′ish, worthless. [O. Fr. raffer, to catch; cog. with Ger. raffen, to snatch; cf. Riff-raff.]
Raff
Raffe, raf, n. (naut.) a three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before the wind.—Also Raff′ie.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
RAFF
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Raff is ranked #18106 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Raff surname appeared 1,538 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Raff.
91.2% or 1,404 total occurrences were White.
2.6% or 41 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2% or 31 total occurrences were Asian.
1.9% or 30 total occurrences were Black.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of raff in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of raff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of raff in a Sentence
Jeff Annison and Paul Scanlan:
We don’t expect these companies to experience much success. Equity crowdfunding isn’t easy or inexpensive, and the SEC has important safeguards like bad actor checks and reporting requirements that will eliminate most of the riff-raff, plus, the public is sophisticated these days and has access to enough information to make well-informed decisions.
Those of us who are doing secure communication believe we need to do things about the real horrible stuff, charging money for end-to-end encryption is a way to get rid of the riff-raff.
There used to be a saying that 40 below keeps out the riff-raff, that's not true anymore.
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