RIFF-RAFF
\ɹˈɪfɹˈaf], \ɹˈɪfɹˈaf], \ɹ_ˈɪ_f_ɹ_ˈa_f]\
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By Daniel Lyons
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rif'-raf, n. sweepings: refuse: the rabble, the mob. [Explained by Skeat as M. E. rif and raf--O. Fr. rif et raf, also rifle et rafle. Rifler, to rifle, ransack--Ice. hrÃfa, to catch; rafler--Teut., cf. Ger. raffen, to seize.]
By Thomas Davidson
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The rabble, disreputable persons. [French]
By Sir Augustus Henry
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).