Raffle
Refuse; rubbish; raff.
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.
A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off; as, to raffle off a horse.
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Raffle Translations
raffle in Dutch is verloting, loterij
raffle in French is tombola
raffle in German is verlosen, verlosen, Tombola
raffle in Italian is sorteggiare, estrazione
raffle in Spanish is sortear, sorteo, rifa
raffle in Swedish is tombola
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