单词 | raffle ticket |
释义 | > as lemmasraffle ticket General attributive, as raffle book, raffle prize, raffle ticket, etc. ΚΠ 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings III. ix. iii. 232 The vanity of enrolling a name, in order to become illustrious, in the raffle-book or paper exposed to public view, I found very general. 1853 Times 20 May 8/5 With respect to the raffle ticket found upon him..he said it related to a raffle which had been got up for him by his friends. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 97 Brief,..a raffle card, or a ticket of any kind. 1909 Daily Chron. 12 Aug. 1/5 Four thousand four hundred farms of 160 acres each are being appropriated on the raffle principle. 1940 N. Last Diary 19 May in Nella Last's War (1983) 57 I'm shameless in bringing raffle books out to sell 3d. tickets. 1976 Milton Keynes Express 16 July 9 The raffle prize of a 10 foot canoe went to Mr Sheldrick. 1992 Orcadian 16 Apr. 23/2 The darts ‘Do’ is tomorrow—uplift tickets by dinner time and don't forget raffle tickets. < as lemmas |
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