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raffling

Variant of raffle

noun

a lottery in which each participant buys a chance or chances to win a prize

Origin: ME rafle < MFr, dice game, lit., a raking in < OHG raffel, a rake, scraper, akin to OE hreppan, to touch, grasp < IE base *(s)ker-, to cut > harvest

transitive verb raffled, raffling

to offer as a prize in a raffle: often with off

intransitive verb

Now Rare to take part in a raffle: with for

Related Forms:

raffler noun

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