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Raff merchant

Raff \Raff\, n.

  1. A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. ``A raff of errors.''
    --Barrow.

  2. The sweepings of society; the rabble; the mob; -- chiefly used in the compound or duplicate, riffraff.

  3. A low fellow; a churl.

    Raff merchant, a dealer in lumber and odd refuse. [Prov. Eng.]