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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1860

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RIFFRANDIE, n. A villainous, disreputable person.Lnk. 1860 W. Watt Poems 333:
This day the Briggate hand-me-downs Cleed mony strange riffrandies.

[Appar. an echo of Burns's reif randies (see Reif, n., 2.), associated phs. with riff-raff.]

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