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单词 raffling
释义 I. raffling, vbl. n.1|ˈræflɪŋ|
[f. raffle v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the verb.
1684Lond. Gaz. No. 1950/4 To keep Rafflings, Ordinaries, and other publick Games.1693Southerne Maid's last Prayer ii. i, You have so many rafflings, and whoever throws most you win the prize.1716Addison Freeholder No. 11 ⁋4 Never was a Subscription for a Raffling or an Opera more crowded.1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 371/2 The most lucrative part of the trade is in the raffling.
b. attrib., esp. in raffling-shop.
1682Lond. Gaz. No. 1773/4 A newly invented Lottery, under the name of the Riffling or Raffling Lottery.1706Baker Hampstead Heath ii. 16 To have Presents made one at the Raffling-Shops.a1732Gay Poems (1745) II. 82 'Twas there the raffling dice false Damar threw; The raffling dice to him decide the prize.1756Nugent Gr. Tour, Netherlands I. 273 About the pumps..there are raffling shops, coffee-houses, and all other diversions.1870in N. & Q. 4th Ser. V. 225/2 The last day in January..observed in Newark as a raffling day for oranges.
II. ˈraffling, vbl. n.2
see raffle v.2
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