'Raff merchant' definitions:
Definition of 'Raff merchant'
From: GCIDE
- Raff \Raff\, n.
- 1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. "A raff of errors." --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A low fellow; a churl. [1913 Webster]
- Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]