raffle

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raf·fle1 / ˈrafəl/ • n. a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets, one or some of which are subsequently drawn at random, the holder or holders of such tickets winning a prize.• v. [tr.] (usu. be raffled) offer (something) as a prize in such a lottery: a work that will be raffled off for a fine arts scholarship.raf·fle2 • n. rubbish; refuse: the raffle of the yard below.

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