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  • It eliminates the possibility of riffs raffs even more because they're still sleeping off their nights of debauchery -- thus, I get a peaceful movie experience.

    Moviegoer Stabbed in the Throat After Complaining About Cellphone User During Shutter Island Screening | /Film 2010

  • “I think so too,” said the Squire; “for each glass I drink in his company gives me the heartburn — yet the man is not different from other raffs either — but there is a something about him intolerable to me.”

    Saint Ronan's Well 2008

  • An hour previous to this time, and at a different part of the course, there might have been seen an old stage-coach, on the battered roof of which a crowd of shabby raffs were stamping and hallooing, as the great event of the day — the Derby race — rushed over the greensward, and by the shouting millions of people assembled to view that magnificent scene.

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • Then besides the young French buck, whom we will willingly suppose harmless, you see specimens of the French raff, who goes aux eaux: gambler, speculator, sentimentalist, duellist, travelling with madame his wife, at whom other raffs nod and wink familiarly.

    The Kickleburys on the Rhine 2006

  • That offended Young, because only Christian right-wing Lebanese are authorized to address the West about Lebanon, because they represent the “civilized” Lebanon, and not the riff-raffs of the country.

    Thursday, June 30, 2005 As'ad 2005

  • The white raffs at the Minister's wrist were stained with red wine, making him look as if he were bleeding from under the tight sleeve.

    Soul of the Fire Goodkind, Terry 1999

  • The Imrryrian's shirt was in raffs and his left arm covered in dried blood.

    Storm Bringer Moorcock, Michael 1963

  • The Imrryrian's shirt was in raffs and his left arm covered in dried blood.

    Stormbringer Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1963

  • Seeley tomorrow and Lieut. Mather fixed it up for me to see him but I had to convince the lieut. that it wasn't no monkey business because they's always a whole lot of riffs and raffs asking Capt.

    The Real Dope Ring Lardner 1909

  • I went into de woods en jedged I wouldn 'fool wid raffs no mo', long as dey move de lantern roun 'so.

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884

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