A good pub is a ready-made party, a home away from home, a club anyone can join. Some British pubs began as simple meeting places, some as coaching inns — hostelries where stagecoaches stopped for the night for fodder, bed and stable. Generally these were larger, and had a secondary pub at the back for ostlers, farriers and other riffraff.
riff-raff Show phonetics
n.
- People regarded as disreputable or worthless.
- Rubbish; trash.
plural noun DISAPPROVING
people with a bad reputation or of a low social class:
She says that charging high prices will keep the riff-raff out.
In Jerome Charyn’s 18th-century New York, George Washington mingles with prostitutes, swindlers, spies and other riffraff.
far・ri・er
━━ n. 〔英〕 蹄(てい)鉄工; （馬の）獣医.
ost・ler
━━ n. （宿屋の）馬丁.
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