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noun
1.
a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
verb (used with object)
2.
to dispose of by a raffle (often followed by off): to raffle off a watch.
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verb (used without object)
3.
to take part in a raffle.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English rafle dice game < Middle French, derivative of rafler to snatch; compare raff
1350–1400; Middle English rafle dice game < Middle French, derivative of rafler to snatch; compare raff
Related forms
raf·fler, noun
un·raf·fled, adjective
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Word Origin & History
raffle
late 14c., from O.Fr. rafle "dice game," also "plundering," perhaps from a Gmc. source (cf. M.Du. raffel "dice game," O.Fris. hreppa "to move," O.N. hreppa "to reach, get," Ger. raffen "to snatch away, sweep off"), from P.Gmc. *khrap- "to pluck out, snatch off." The notion would be "to sweep up (the
EXPAND stakes), to snatch (the winnings)." Dietz connects the O.Fr. word with the Gmc. root, but OED is against this. Meaning "sale of chances" first recorded 1766.
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