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Synonyms for raffle

Grammar : Noun
Spell : raf-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræf əl

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Définition of raffle

Origin :
  • late 14c., "dice game," from Old French rafle "dice game," also "plundering," perhaps from a Germanic source (cf. Middle Dutch raffel "dice game," Old Frisian hreppa "to move," Old Norse hreppa "to reach, get," Swedish rafs "rubbish," Old High German raspon "to scrape together, snatch up in haste," German raffen "to snatch away, sweep off"), from Proto-Germanic *khrap- "to pluck out, snatch off." The notion would be "to sweep up (the stakes), to snatch (the winnings)." Dietz connects the French word with the Germanic root, but OED is against this. Meaning "sale of chances" first recorded 1766.
  • noun lottery for a prize
Example sentences :
  • I dont at all like the idea of vaudeville, and I abhor a raffle!
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
  • They are going to raffle Hartrath's picture,—for the benefit of the Gingerbread Fair.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • The drawing of the numbers in the raffle was about to be made.
  • Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
  • And so he is going to part with his mare by raffle,” said the squire; “pray what does he want for her?
  • Extract from : « Amos Huntingdon » by T.P. Wilson
  • I shan't know what to do with them; unless I raffle them off.
  • Extract from : « A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • We got five pounds thirteen and fivepence by the bazaar and the raffle.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Bastable and Others » by Edith Nesbit
  • Had it been a raffle, it would have been the other way about.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Snark » by Jack London
  • Brief, a pawnbrokers duplicate; a raffle card, or a ticket of any kind.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • Generally applied to pawnbrokers duplicates and raffle cards.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • When they entered Fazani's, the raffle was only waiting for the arrival of the Viscountess.
  • Extract from : « Manners, Vol 3 of 3 » by Frances Brooke
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