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Topic: CLOTHES AND FASHION

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: riffraff

raffish

 adjective
     
raf‧fish literary
DC behaving or dressing in a way which is not respected by many people but which is still confident and attractive:
an interesting character with a raffish air
—raffishly adverb
—raffishness noun [uncountable]
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