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 Translation for 'riff-raff' from English to French
NOUN   riff-raff | -
piétaille {f}riff-raff [pej.]
s'encanaillerto mix with the riff-raff
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Translation for 'riff-raff' from English to French

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riff-raff [pej.]
piétaille {f}

to mix with the riff-raff
s'encanailler
Usage Examples English
  • Rapper Riff Raff has mentioned in interviews that Vanilla Ice was one of his biggest influence.
  • In 2004, Hamilton City Council honoured former resident Richard O'Brien with a life-size bronze statue of him as character Riff Raff, of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in his space suit.
  • A documentary on Yello, "Electro Pop Made in Switzerland", directed by Anka Schmid, premiered at the Riff Raff cinema in Zürich in September 2005.
  • Spanjers appeared in a music video for the group Three Loco, which includes Andy Milonakis, Dirt Nasty, and Riff Raff.
  • Ball dynamited parts of the Wakulla River to open the way for boats bringing his guests to the springs, then fenced off the water passage to keep out the "riff-raff".

  • He also appeared as Riff Raff in "The Rocky Horror Show" in 2001.
  • Riff Raff was a British progressive rock band formed by keyboardist Tommy Eyre in 1972.
  • In 2004, members of the Hamilton City Council in New Zealand honoured O'Brien's contribution to the arts with a statue of Riff Raff, the character he played in "The Rocky Horror Show", on the site of the former Embassy Cinema.
  • Padonki (Russian: падонки, corrupted подо́нки, meaning "riff-raff", "scoundrel", "scum") A subculture within the Russian-speaking internet characterized by choosing alternative spellings for words for comic effect.
  • The same year he guest starred in "The Bill" and also starred in his first movie, "Riff-Raff", directed by Ken Loach.

  • The musical was adapted into the 1975 film "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", starring O'Brien as Riff Raff, with Curry also reprising his role; the film has the longest-running release in film history.
  • Ira Stadlen (January 16, 1924 – April 18, 2010), known professionally as Allen Swift, was an American voice actor, best known for voicing cartoon characters Simon Bar Sinister and Riff-Raff on the "Underdog" cartoon show.
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