| 单词 | riffraff |
| 例句 | “I liked that you got into the show and weren’t chomping to leave ASAP. And I loved dancing with you. And I loved how comfortable you seemed to be with all us riffraff.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunty Onenu liked to say, “Most of my staff are foreign graduates while that woman at Glass hires riffraff who cannot punctuate sentences!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “The worst part of it is that the woman is common riffraff,” her mother said, twisting the handkerchief. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "You riffraff. Think you can enter a temple stinking like garbage!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z ‘At least we are all safe, and if only Papa is well and ...’ ‘I’m going back to Milton, Miss, to get that silver before the riffraff steal it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t lower my standards because I’m surrounded with riffraff.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Meggie heard him cursing the thorns, the prickles, the darkness, and the wretched riffraff he was having to stumble after in the middle of the night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They were thugs and riffraff, deputized at the whim of industrial corporations in the valley. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z "I don't need to worry about that riffraff," she said to Eleanor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Inspection, right. Very careful we must be. Can’t allow any riffraff or deserters,” I said. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z It was Dinorah, who keeps grumbling about us “rich women” who think we are better than riffraff. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And “shiksa,” as the kind of word that could be very attractive to the riffraff, was appended and begot “shakester” and “shickster,” terms that initially denoted a lower-class woman. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z She simply walked imperiously forward, not evincing the slightest curiosity at the riffraff around her – myself included. The Voice of America: Whitney Houston (1963-2012) 2012-02-12T03:38:37Z Hercules’ gang of merry mercenaries roves Greece, killing pirates and other fourth-century B.C. riffraff. ‘Hercules,’ via a Graphic Novel 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z More Met Ball mayhem In an effort to filter out some of last year’s pierced and punkish riffraff, Anna Wintour is upping the ante for this year’s Met Ball. | Pharrell’s Next Collaboration, Karl Lagerfeld’s Destination Fashion Show and Alexander Wang’s First Instagram 2014-04-18T21:33:43Z Mamet won’t simply let you write off these losers as seedy riffraff. A vigorous new staging of Mamet’s ‘American Buffalo’ at Seattle Rep 2013-01-18T21:38:59Z Rachel Stevens, 35, a producer at a radio station in Bozeman, Mont., has been fine without the “riffraff,” the extraneous half-friends. We Want Our Friends Back! (But Which Ones?) 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z We are sworn, under penalty of gelding, not to reveal the runners-up for fear of encouraging movie publicists and other riffraff. New York Film Critics: A Perfect Score for Zero Dark Thirty 2012-12-04T02:25:40Z Its level of craftsmanship made “Prince Valiant” a classy anomaly, which is perhaps why it was often placed on the final page of the section, away from the big-foot riffraff. The Comic Strip’s Heyday in ‘Cartoon County’ 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z “They associated tattoos and all that stuff with riffraff,” Von D says. Kat Von D has a new album — and an explanation for everything else 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z Streaker at the Met Ball What’s the point of attending an exclusive event if there isn’t some ambient riffraff to compare yourself favorably to? | Nicolas Ghesquière’s Designs in Monte Carlo, Charles James’s Return and the Brooklynization of Dior 2014-05-09T21:00:59Z “Jersey Shore” is often condemned, at least by many New Jersey residents, for hitting a new low by elevating the riffraff of tanning salons and sleazy nightclubs. The TV Watch: Reality TV Is an Old Entertainment Form 2010-08-19T21:25:00Z In those days, design students were not allowed to go to the school lunchroom because we weren’t supposed to mingle with the art school riffraff. Anna Sui, Fashion’s Favorite Daughter, Gets Her Day in the Sun 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z In fact, they can be deeply entwined, where they see their own offspring as worthy of special treatment the riffraff can’t access. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: After a breakup, regrets that his parents were able to sway him 2020-12-06T05:00:00Z Was it walled and gated, or did the hedgerows form a barrier against the riffraff? The Enduring Power of Adam and Eve (Minus the Sin and Sexism) 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z I think it’s the Marie Antoinette syndrome: Those with privilege and luck don’t want the riffraff knowing the details. “Sponsored” by my husband: Why it’s a problem that writers never talk about where their money comes from 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z “It’s family entertainment — no alcohol, no riffraff,” said Burl Mast, owner, founder and banjo picker. Where the Hills and Hollows Are Alive With Music 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The two 14-year-old girls in the title story discuss the importance of big swimming pools and get their kicks by slumming with “the common people. The riffraff. The hoi polloi.” Review: ‘Let Me Tell You’ Collects Early Works by Shirley Jackson 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Faced with photography's widening challenge as the 20th century unfolded, the establishment could keep "the riffraff" at bay only by loudly proclaiming: Sorry, but photographs are not art. How Robert Mapplethorpe went from America's pariah to America's sweetheart 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Andrew Jackson, “idol of the riffraff,” the “contemptible, drunken scoundrel,” as Con calls him early on, is about to become the next president. Review: ‘Touch of the Poet’ is a Powerful Study in Toxic Pride 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z It’s quite a turnaround for a city that was founded in 1788 as a dumping-ground for the riffraff of Georgian Britain. Sydney?s Convict Past 2010-12-31T19:55:08Z At the restaurant that used to inhabit the space, called 64 Main Street, “they threw the fishermen out because they were riffraff,” Ms. Conway said. Wanted: A Nice Dinner Place for a Maine Island With a Long, Hungry Winter 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Nor could he see why a country that had eliminated the original Americans was repopulating itself with riffraff. Taking Another Look at the Author of ‘The White Man’s Burden’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z What the author of the 1699 volume sought to document was known then as cant: the special underworld language of petty thieves, beggars and other dangerous riffraff. ArtsBeat: The Dulpickles and Nigmenogs of 1699 2011-04-01T18:30:00Z One of the many benefits of losing your hair, as her mother pointed out, is that it tends to “weed out the riffraff.” At Home With Sheila Bridges: Weeding Out the Riffraff 2013-07-17T23:00:39Z "I couldn't possibly see the UK defeated by those insanitary riffraff!" he exclaims. The boor's head 2010-05-21T23:03:00Z "It keeps out the riffraff," he said, adding that when bad things happened, that was usually who was responsible – riffraff. Animal passions: David Sedaris's modern fables 2010-10-02T23:06:00Z She associated Georgia’s capital city with “crime” and “riffraff,” similar to how Trump once disparaged Atlanta as “crime infested” and “falling apart.” The Trump era has changed the politics of local elections in Georgia, a pivotal 2024 battleground 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Just before the riots he had also responded to a rowdy reception committee in one banlieue by calling them racaille - riffraff. Paris shooting: Why French government backed family so fast 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Indeed, this “savage,” as Shakespeare took pains to note in his complicated depiction of Caliban, is a good deal more civilized than the drunken riffraff with whom he falls into cahoots. Review: Words aren’t the only magic in this interactive production of Shakespeare's 'Tempest' 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z “I’ve dealt with the riffraff on the street for 14 years so I know how to play that,” she said. A homeless housing nonprofit's buildings are in shambles. City plans intervention. 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In 1991, near the city of Industry, developers asked Los Angeles County to get rid of the “riffraff” lovers’ lane crowd and sell or privatize the road. For lovers of true crime, gruesome tales of L.A. lovers’ lanes 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z More realistically, men like the Rutledge brothers of South Carolina hoped that improved relations with British merchants would restore Atlantic trade, and resented interference by those they saw as vengeful riffraff. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “It drove the riffraff into the bars,” Johnson said. Analysis | NFL home-field advantage was endangered before the pandemic. Now it’s almost extinct. 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z As a class, WASPs considered themselves better than the riffraff and responsible for lifting America to achieve its potential. Review | Privilege, duty and despair among America’s WASPs 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z “We got rid of all the troublemakers, the riffraff,” he recalled. When No Landlord Will Rent to You, Where Do You Go? 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z High-born, not like those other elements, The common riffraff, the ones All too ready to mix it up. The Noble Gases 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z They wanted to keep voting restricted to those who met property qualifications — their people, not the riffraff who would vote them out of power. How democracy beat back lies, fear-mongering and conspiracy theories — in 19th-century Connecticut 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z At a pleasant remove from the waterfront, the wealthy of Vomero float above the city’s grit, literally looking down on what Giovanna has been taught are the riffraff below. Review: Growing up is hard to do in Elena Ferrante's 'The Lying Life of Adults' 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z According to the Washington Post, the senators are not enthusiastic about the House riffraff making a scene. An impeachment trial is finally coming — and it could be exciting after all 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Mission said the resolution contains “nothing but the most despicable false testimonials fabricated by a handful of riffraff `defectors.’ Key UN committee condemns North Korean violations of rights 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z “I always thought he was above the riffraff.” ‘We Were Wiped Out’: New Yorkers Preyed on Chicago Cabbies 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z In a surreal motel in Los Angeles, society’s riffraff dwell in a place between freedom and desperation. Movies on TV this week Sept. 8, 2019 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z “We don’t want more riffraff,” said Danny Watson, 65, the white owner of a pest control company, as he headed to an early-voting polling station recently. After decades of resistance, Atlanta’s booming suburbs face a historic vote on public transit 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z These are prestige professions, and judging from the investment required, this is not a sport for the riffraff. Pigeon racing in Iraq: Pricey birds, obsessive owners and, alas, stone-throwing bandits 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie slammed specific members of the Trump administration in his new book “Let Me Finish,” saying that President Trump brought in “riffraff” to help him govern. Chris Christie: Donald Trump is ‘saddled with the riffraff’ 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Maybe best bets for avoiding the NYE riffraff are downtown and more or less underground, and there’s plenty to pick from. Retire 2018 with the rocker who just won’t retire. Or hit a rave or rooftop celebration. 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Coney Island, then known as West Brighton, was nothing but some annoying riffraff. Welcome to Брайтон Бич, Brooklyn 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Trump understands, for example, that health insurance isn’t all that important for the riffraff. Billionaires desperately need our help 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Beverley delivered another message before they left Staples Center: “I told him after the game, due to all the riffraff his dad brings, he’s going to get a lot of people coming at him.” Lonzo Ball should not receive anger spurred by his father 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z “Far too often, he’s found himself saddled with the riffraff.” Chris Christie: Donald Trump is ‘saddled with the riffraff’ 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Are we cowboys challenging the riffraff to a bar fight? Opinion | Trump’s Scary Strategy on North Korea 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z “It is also the label of the weakness and servility of the riffraff who showed their hands in favor of adopting the resolution, as they are scared by the U.S.” North Korea Threatens ‘Physical Action’ in Response to U.N. Sanctions 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The solitude of a bungalow apartment off Pacific Avenue, removed from the boardwalk riffraff, lent me the ocean at night. I told myself I was going to AA meetings to meet guys 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z “When men wear those, they look like riffraff.” At Melvyn's, steak Diane is a staple and the dining staff spans the decades 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z Or, at the very least, to distance himself from the bleacher riffraff, he should have become a catcher. Adam Jones’s Fenway Park moment illuminates dearth of black players in baseball 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Ms. Davenport, 23, said she avoided certain parts of the neighborhood known for having a lot of riffraff. Trump’s Vision of ‘Carnage’ Misses Complex Reality of Many Cities 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z “It’s just a regular village, quite a nice place, no riffraff walking around,” offered Polly Bonney, a hairdresser. British Villagers Are Baffled by Flocking Chinese Tourists 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Her grandfather reassured her: “There’s no riffraff back here.” In a flooded Louisiana parish, a 3-mile journey down the river to answer the question: Did our house survive? 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “The kind of riffraff that behave like militias on behalf of local oligarchs. Real Cossacks don’t behave in this way.” Cossack comeback: fur flies as 'fake' groups spark identity crisis 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Sullivan employs the arguments of a profoundly anti-democratic elitist who held that wise philosopher kings ought to rule over the riffraff. Andrew Sullivan is blind: It’s elitists who helped give rise to America’s neo-fascist movement 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Weeks later, Sheikh Ali Gomaa, a senior Al Azhar cleric, justified violence against Muslim Brotherhood supporters, whom he described as “putrid people” and “riffraff.” Egypt’s President Turns to Religion to Bolster His Authority 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z The family did not patronize places like the Shah-Do Shamshira shrine, which was known for attracting the local riffraff as well as pilgrims. Flawed Justice After a Mob Killed an Afghan Woman 2015-12-26T05:00:00Z “We get manipulators, the anxious, the bold, the riffraff, the addicted, the depressed,” Newman said. Still teammates: 2 former Dolphins players a force in court 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z He dismisses critics as “trolls,” “anonymous riffraff” or “hateful stragglers.” A “Lean In” for dads? 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z You know all the work you did the last two games to clean up the psychotic super-villanous riffraff? 5 Things I Absolutely Love in Batman: Arkham Knight 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z “It’s as though it cleans up the excess riffraff.” Teens are sleep-deprived. Here’s how that affects sports, school, health. 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Some are ready to separate from the riffraff, which would allow the well-heeled and moneyed to operate under their own rules on athletes’ compensation … like adopting the proposed $2,000 stipend for D-I athletes. SNYDER: If lawsuits don’t kill NCAA, its members might 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z We don’t want to end up with riffraff like Kate again. WATCH: America’s Most Gullible Women Compete to Marry “Prince Harry” 2014-04-17T18:40:01Z You imagine him going off to the senior common room for a restoring drink, demanding to know how such riffraff got into the college. Al fun and games until someone loses an AAA rating 2012-12-13T20:05:56Z They see more politicians, less riffraff in the entourage, and the late-night Bible study sessions that conflict with his necessary rest. Aging Boxers Face a Fight Against Time 2012-12-08T01:15:25Z While growing up in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side, she said she befriended the good kids, the riffraff and just about everyone in between. Daughters share how their dads helped develop their business acumen 2012-06-17T05:00:00Z At first synonymous with poverty, the word “misère” morphed into “les misérables” — the riffraff and rabble, the superfluous and scum, all thrown up by a society in the throws of rapid industrialization and financial speculation. Op-Ed Contributor: Victor Hugo on the Ballot 2012-04-19T12:27:18Z In my absence my apartment—with its view of the Alps—was looted by riffraff. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z Because we had tickets, we got to leave the riffraff and tourists outside. Runway Rookie: A Dude's Take on Fashion Week 2012-02-17T13:55:00Z My lady will be angry if you mix with the common riffraff. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z You call it nothing, sir, that his Majesty's Commission has been flouted for six hours past by all the riffraff of the Docks? Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z I did not want to be associated with such riffraff.” Homai Vyarawalla, India Photojournalist, Dies at 98 2012-01-29T02:05:44Z “I did not want to be associated with such riffraff.” India Ink: Homai Vyarawalla, 'First Lady of the Lens' 2012-01-18T08:57:32Z “The banks obviously don’t want a bunch of riffraff living in the plaza.” Police Raid Occupy Oakland Camp 2011-11-14T16:55:37Z Miss Harriet said, plumping herself down in William's own chair in front of his office table so that she could pick up and examine what she called his "riffraff." Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z But the scum and the riffraff who are uppermost to-day say he handled them cruelly, and my daughter tried to persuade him from going out to-day. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Ruggles was evidently on the poor side of the waiting crowd; the handful of riffraff around him with its stench of dirt and gin. The Girl From His Town 2011-08-05T02:00:50.677Z Intermixed with them were beggars, and pickpockets, and swindlers, and outcasts, and all the riffraff of a London street. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z Yet analysts of Thailand’s immigration system say the changes are unlikely to purge Thailand of foreign riffraff. Thailand's Irresistible Attraction for Fugitives 2011-07-20T18:46:02Z After the regular army hath its fill of pillage there always comes the riffraff to gather up what their masters have left. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Onlookers rushed onto the field in excitement, more akin to football riffraff then dignified polo fans. On a Royal Couple?s Brief Visit to California, They Are Adored From a Distance 2011-07-11T01:33:49Z In town there was a professional summer theatre, a new thing at the time, which some people were enthusiastic about and others worried about, fearing that it would bring in riffraff. Alice Munro: “Gravel.” 2011-06-20T04:00:00Z Given this drawback, the unlucky captain of such a craft finds it difficult to recruit a proper crew, and must often be content with green hands, or the riffraff disdained by other ships' masters. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z It is the old south against the riffraff combination of carpetbaggers, scalawags and jaybirds who are trying to betray us into the hands of the enemy! Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z To think of my recipe put into the hands of money-making factory superintendents and a rabble horde of riffraff workmen!... Home Fires in France 2011-03-22T02:00:24.093Z The waist of the ship was cleared of riffraff and dunnage; a strong whale tackle was rigged between fore and mainmast, one line of this tackle being wound about the foreward winch. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z You never know what can happen, particularly when they let in the riffraff, the outsiders, the associates. Sports of The Times: Underdog?s Feat Is Inspiration for Cricket?s Dreamers 2011-03-05T18:14:53Z Her crew was riffraff in a measure; men not wanted on other ships; many of foreign birth; Portuguese and Spaniards; a few Danes, and without doubt some renegade servants of King George. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z "There was too much riffraff on the pond." Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z He picked up his hat from the carpet, murmured something like "riffraff," and disappeared. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z We were about the last party of the season, it seems, and the porters and beggars and cabmen and general riffraff were going to make the most of us. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise They gathered, he declared, all the riffraff of two countries, besides all the Molly Malones and cutpurses that ever were born to be hanged. Deep Moat Grange My aunt dreaded the company I might have to keep there—all the public riffraff, she called it. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew There’s a lot of offscourings and riffraff here—and someone is putting up free whisky. Stepsons of Light "So that's why you shipped me such a lot of scum and riffraff, was it, you villain?" Doubloons—and the Girl At the Blackfriars, too, one could have a seat in the pit, while at the Globe the pit was filled with a standing, jostling crowd of apprentices and riffraff. An Introduction to Shakespeare "I found these men riffraff of the wars, and while they have no such love for me as Cathbarr here, I think they had liefer follow me than any other leader." Nuala O'Malley All the world had turned to California; its riffraff and offscourings as well as its true men. Gold Whole nations, like the Incas, for example, ruthlessly slaughtered by the papal-benisoned riffraff of Spain in her attempts to foist herself into world prestige and to bolster up the monstrous assumptions of Holy Church! Carmen Ariza But what especially attracted their attention in the midst of this miscellaneous riffraff was a small cedar box, about eight inches long by six inches wide and deep. Doubloons—and the Girl The carousing riffraff of the wharfs, the flotsam and jetsam of the river trade, were to him but passing phenomena. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman The garrison was a riffraff of all the armies that had wasted Ireland, and they were fighting men fit for their work. Nuala O'Malley It was easy to tell the old-timers from the riffraff of newcomers. Gold With the help of her faithful slave, Milo, the Abyssinian giant, she crushed a rising insurrection among her riffraff subjects, whose cupidity had been played upon by Rufe, the Spaniard. The Pirate Woman It won't do to pick up any riffraff that may come to hand. Doubloons—and the Girl The United States debars intelligent American women from voting and says to the riffraff of Europe, 'Come over and help govern us.' The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V The gambling-hall was filled with raw-boned packers from the hills, dust-stained teamsters from the valley towns, miners from the diggings, and a riffraff of adventurers from no one knew––or cared––where. When the West Was Young It became later a mean hovel, the rendezvous for the scum and riffraff of the neighbourhood. Hampstead and Marylebone The Fascination of London She would know nothing of the riffraff of this camp. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills Both in town and country, the riffraff of the houseboat element are in disfavor. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo There's a lot of these people, riffraff, that work these minin' towns. Valley of Wild Horses From my window where I am writing I can see how insolent the attitude of this Mohammedan riffraff is becoming. The Dark Star But Hopwood had artfully separated me from the Blacks who were in Newgate, and placed me among a stranger mob of riffraff in the Borough Clink. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... Along the wharves were junks, island schooners, cargo tramps, and riffraff of the Seven Seas, but only one brigantine. Gold Out of Celebes He allowed the Louvre to be filled up with all sorts of riffraff, who were often given a lodging there in place of a money payment for some service rendered. Royal Palaces and Parks of France This was not the riffraff of the camp. The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland Do you imagine your riffraff are going to hold me here when I’m ready to depart! The Dark Star The mercenary said, "The work of outlanders—riffraff such as this!" History Repeats There were two more of the riffraff of the redoubtable ghost ranch, and two of the victims of the more skilful play, and potent doping, of the proprietors. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War It is very well for women, children, poets, and riffraff. The Lost Child We walked three steps on Chinese ground and stopped, and looked at the Chinese riffraff soldiery that turned out from a cane house, and they likewise looked at us. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah And live in those beehives of yours, paying big rent, competing with the riffraff help you hire from employment agencies? Joan of Arc of the North Woods All agree that our kings should be clothed in purple and our commoners in broadcloth; but how about the intellectual riffraff that makes up the majority of our books? The Booklover and His Books His very name seemed to fill the riffraff of the barroom with courage. Kid Wolf of Texas The riffraff drifts to town from the country as the Roman proletariat gravitated to the capital in the days of decadence. Society Its Origin and Development All the riffraff o' the foc'sle sitting aft and prattling about the skipper like a parcel o' washerwomen. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant I pay high enough wages for this riffraff. The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Here all the riffraff that had been unable to establish itself in better quarters had found some sort of a haven. Police Your Planet The States Governments were in a condition of chaos, packed by jobbers and land-grabbers and the riffraff that always infest the beginnings of a nation. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Its habitat was known, and all the riffraff adventurers of Siberian exile, Tartars, Kamchatkans, Russians, criminals, and officers of royal lineage, engaged in the fur trade of western America. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward He was no riffraff of the Kharsa, either, for his shirtcloak was of rich silk interwoven with metallic threads, and crusted with heavy embroideries. The Door Through Space These were army riffraff, however, few being in uniform. My Lady of Doubt Beyond this the barroom was crowded, a riffraff lined up before the sloppy bar, among these a number in uniform—unattached officers who had loitered behind to quench their thirst. Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier Sutlers, traders, teamsters, riffraff,—soldiers of fortune,—stampede to Montreal and Quebec as to a new gold field. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom All the riffraff adventurers of Siberia swarmed to the west coast of America. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward The village tavern, servilely bearing the king's arms thinly painted over the palmetto tree of South Carolina on its swinging sign-board, was a miserable doggery, full to overflowing with a riffraff of carousing soldiery. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Disdaining the riffraff, they picked out certain attractive individuals milling outside and beckoned them to cut through the crowd, pay their admission and enter. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s But it is for the best though; if I do not trust to the riffraff of Ujiji, I must wait for other men at least ten months there. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume II (of 2), 1869-1873 Continued By A Narrative Of His Last Moments And Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chuma And Susi European mercenaries have been the same the world over,—riffraff blackguards, guilty of infamous outrages the moment they are out from under the officers' eye. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom "In other words, you let this riffraff blackmail you and, incidentally, put a big black mark against the company's good name." The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush They just bore me out of my life, you see, and they've got a pack o' riffraff staying with 'em that I don't know how to sit in the same room with. Austin and His Friends "My cousin George saw you in the Hope So gambling place last night, drunk, staggering, mixing with that riffraff, on the verge of a brawl." The Rustlers of Pecos County On the eve of the grand fêtes, however, all the riffraff are bound to go to prison, lest the religious ceremonies should be disturbed by evil-doers. The Roman Question There are the Baron de Poutrincourt and his young son, Biencourt, and other noblemen looking for broader domains in the New World; and there are the usual riffraff of convicts taken from dungeons. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom The desire for money holds the first place, money to lead a gay life, to support the riffraff he has in his train. Marie Bashkirtseff (From Childhood to Girlhood) The women workers testified with remarkable unanimity that their opposition was chiefly "riffraff and illiterate negroes and that it was under the direction of well-known 'wets.'" Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment While we were away, a colony of riffraff from Darrow jumped old Caleb Brent's Sawdust Pile, and Daney was weak enough to let them get away with it. Kindred of the Dust April came with its deluges of rain that washed the earth clean and carried off the riffraff of the previous season, making ready for another and more bountiful harvest. The Evolution of Dodd Poles, Frankfort men, loafers, volunteers—all sorts of riffraff are again at hand. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle All the riffraff of the globe are attracted to this hideous spot. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 6, 1890 Do you know that, with rabbits only from the warrens of Earl Lindsay, they could feed all the riffraff of the Cinque Ports? The Man Who Laughs To the riffraff in the hold, for whose accommodation a poor man's fortune had been jettisoned, the thing "gratitude" was an unknown emotion. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle There was a club in those days in Papeete, where the pearlers, traders, captains, and riffraff of South Sea adventurers foregathered. Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews Three months ago most of those fellows were riffraff—the kind that hang around street corners smoking and indulging in loose talk and profanity. Wild Wings A Romance of Youth Riffraff of the riffraff are his friends now, same as they were here. The Conquest of Canaan It was all the riffraff of the universe, having for their trade a crime. The Man Who Laughs And here let me say that it is a great delusion to imagine that in the riffraff and waste of the labour market there are no workmen to be had except those that are worthless. In Darkest England and the Way Out If he was of the riffraff of the streets, as his companions were, he was somehow different. The Lost Prince The only evidence that the aristocratic youth had ever come into contact with the riffraff of Calvary Alley was the small patch of court-plaster above his right eye. Calvary Alley Ye run with riffraff, naggers, and even"—Mr. Sheehan lifted a forefinger solemnly and shook it at his auditor—"and even with the Irish! The Conquest of Canaan Now we are getting all kinds of riffraff wandering through our lands stepping on people willy-nilly. Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz They are the only assemblies that please quality and riffraff alike. London Pride Or When the World Was Younger But for my part I don't see the least occasion to trouble your head about such riffraff. Weighed and Wanting They say a lot of riffraff come to town every year nowadays and there's other riffraff that have always lived here, and have made a little money, and act as if they owned the place. The Magnificent Ambersons Of course the liberated riffraff accepted this suggestion with enthusiasm and without a dissenting voice. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Such poor citizens, too lazy for steady work, too intelligent to starve, formed, with the other riffraff of a great city, the elements of a dangerous mob. Early European History Any necessary conservation could be effected at the expense of the riffraff through which he had driven coming from the station. The Happy End From the scorn of that glance she might have been a queen and they the riffraff of the land. Man Size Do you propose to sit there—" "Yes." "—and let this riffraff bandy my mother's good name back and forth among them? The Magnificent Ambersons I saw no likelihood of betterment for myself if I were carried off with these riffraff as one of a band of looters, murderers and outlaws, loose in the forests. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire "Do you imagine for an instant that I class you with such riffraff?" Alias the Lone Wolf An', by God! you take up with a lot of foreign riffraff an' double-cross the people you owe so much!… The Desert of Wheat Next year two new handsome schools will be opened and filled with the riffraff of the town. Miss Gibbie Gault Perhaps the riffraff living in those houses sat at the windows to watch their betters; perhaps they dared to gossip— He uttered an exclamation, and walked rapidly toward his own front gate. The Magnificent Ambersons Pretty thing that, for a respectable tradesman, Mr. Caudle, to be put upon the treadmill with all sorts of thieves and vagabonds, and - there, again, that horrible tobacco! - and riffraff of every kind. Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures K. had put aside his slate pencil and, perfectly calm, said: "Tell your Warden that I am not going to paint that prison riffraff any more." The Crushed Flower and Other Stories This meeting came as a climax to four months of momentous meetings with the best and the riffraff of many nations. The Desert of Wheat There were hundreds of people ready to know them—but oh, such a riffraff! The Metropolis This cowardly act could hardly be the work of genuine diggers, and could doubtless be traced to the army of blackguards and riffraff who have, of late years, found their way to the goldfields. Spinifex and Sand They were principally hobos and riffraff, packing their blankets on their backs. San Francisco During the Eventful Days of April 1906 Do you suppose we would kill a man worth perhaps fifty talents to please the riffraff? Androcles and the Lion It was extraordinary—the assurance and deadly intent of this riffraff gang of tramp labor-agitators. The Desert of Wheat A city with but a handful of the native-born; a city packed to the doors with all the riffraff of a thousand towns. The Titan She is the same lady that we found in the Autobiography, who was so naively vain of all that little ancestral military riffraff that she had dug up and annexed. Christian Science The example of the Elisabethgrad rabble was followed by the riffraff of other places. The Rise of David Levinsky No riffraff friend of mine, but a regular NUN—a saint—do you hear? A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories He strained eyes and ears for a possible attack from the riffraff I.W.W. men hidden there in the car. The Desert of Wheat Gamblers, criminals, bullies and the riffraff that fled from the protected East had drifted among them in great numbers, and it was this class that caused the trouble. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up Soldiers and sailors, natives and the riffraff of half a dozen nations, jostled one another. Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners) I would rather believe Him than all that riffraff of "pious" law- workers. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians There was a club in those days in Papeete, where the pearlers, traders, captains, and riffraff of South Sea adventurers forgathered. South Sea Tales "Bourgeois," I observed, "is an epithet which the riffraff apply to what is respectable, and the aristocracy to what is decent." Dolly Dialogues A little riffraff of oats and boxes was seen. The Faith of Men My idea is that a cowardly handful of riffraff outcasts from the border have hidden in your house, more by accident than design. Light of the Western Stars He would entertain there the factor of Taiohae, captains of wandering traders, and all the best of the South Pacific riffraff. Martin Eden Across the border they're bandits, some of them, the others just riffraff outlaws. Light of the Western Stars |
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