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Definition of: raffle
(raf′əl) noun
A form of lottery in which a number of people buy chances on an object.
—v. ·fled, ·fling v.t. To dispose of by a raffle: often with off.
—v.i. To take part in a raffle. [<OF rafle a clean sweep at dice <rafler snatch, prob. <Gmc.]
—raf′fler noun
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