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21raffle — [[t]ræ̱f(ə)l[/t]] raffles, raffling, raffled 1) N COUNT A raffle is a competition in which you buy tickets with numbers on them. Afterwards some numbers are chosen, and if your ticket has one of these numbers on it, you win a prize. Any more… …
22raffle — 1. noun A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize. He entered a raffle to win a lifetime supply of toothpaste, but he did not win. 2. verb To award something by means of a raffle or …
23raffle — rafle ou raffle n. f. BOT, VITIC Ensemble formé par l axe central et les pédoncules des fruits d une grappe de raisin, etc.; partie centrale d un épi de maïs, d un régime de noix de palme. raffle n. f. V. rafle 2 …
24raffle — [14] Raffle was originally the name of a game played with three dice; the modern application to a ‘prize draw’ did not emerge until the 18th century. The word was borrowed from Old French raffle ‘act of snatching’, but where this came from is not …
25raffle — 1 noun (C) a kind of competition or game in which people buy numbered tickets and can win prizes 2 also raffle off verb (T) to offer something as a prize in a raffle …
26raffle — I raf•fle [[t]ˈræf əl[/t]] n. v. fled, fling 1) a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize 2) to dispose of by a raffle (often fol. by off) 3) to take part in a raffle • Etymology: 1350–1400; rafle dice… …
27raffle — [14] Raffle was originally the name of a game played with three dice; the modern application to a ‘prize draw’ did not emerge until the 18th century. The word was borrowed from Old French raffle ‘act of snatching’, but where this came from is not …
28raffle — Synonyms and related words: bingo, call, cast lots, class lottery, cut lots, cut the cards, draft lottery, draw, draw lots, draw straws, drawing, gamble, game, grab bag, interest lottery, keno, lot, lottery, lotto, match coins, number lottery,… …
29raffle — Cleveland Dialect List to become confused in one s intellect: he is beginnign to raffle …
30raffle — raffle1 noun a lottery with goods as prizes. verb offer as a prize in a raffle. Origin ME (denoting a dice game): from OFr., of unknown origin. raffle2 noun dialect rubbish; refuse. Origin ME: perh. from OFr. ne rifle ne rafle nothing at all …
