RAFFLE
\ɹˈafə͡l], \ɹˈafəl], \ɹ_ˈa_f_əl]\
Definitions of RAFFLE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Refuse; rubbish; raff.
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A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.
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A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
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To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
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To dispose of by means of a raffle; - often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.
By Oddity Software
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Refuse; rubbish; raff.
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A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.
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A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
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To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
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To dispose of by means of a raffle; - often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.
By Noah Webster.
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A kind of lottery, or game of chance, in which each person pays a part of the value of a thing for a chance of winning it.
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To dispose of by selling chances on.
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To take part in the selling of a thing by chances.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman