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Definition of Raffling
1. raffle [v] - See also: raffle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Raffling
Literary usage of Raffling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places by Walter Thornbury, Edward Walford (1892)
"... Wells—Concerts and Balls—Irregular Marriages—The raffling Shops—Well Walk—John
Constable—John Keats—Geological Formation of the Northern Heights. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court, Court of Chancery and by James Horsfield Peters, Thomas Heath Haviland, Prince Edward Island Supreme Court (1872)
"... yet he might, very reasonably- be presumed to labor under what was aptly
described by Mr. Me Lead as that raffling and irritation of the mind, ..."
3. Mathematical Questions and Solutions by W. J. C. Miller (1870)
"A raffling match is composed of 6 persons, each throwing 3 times with 7 pennies,
the one turning up the greatest number of heads to be winner. ..."
4. The Virtues and Their Reasons: A System of Ethics for Society and Schools by Austin Bierbower (1888)
"—raffling. Gambling is generally done, especially at first, in some form which,
from the smallness of the risks, or the ulterior purpose of amusement, ..."
5. John Todd: The Story of His Life Told Mainly by Himself by John Todd (1876)
"An honorable Character.—A John Gilpin Time. —Chronicles. —Billy in the
Pulpit.— Ring-tailed Monkeys.—The Power of Prayer.—raffling.—A great Matter. —Thanks. ..."
6. Ethics for Schools: Being a Treatise on The Virtues and Their Reasons by Austin Bierbower (1888)
"—raffling. Gambling is generally done, especially at first, in some form which,
from the smallness of the risks, or the ulterior purpose of amusement, ..."
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