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Look up: raffle

  1. raffle
    [n] - a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money 2. [v] - dispose of in a raffle
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Raffle
    Raf'fle (răf'f'l) noun [ French rafle ; faire rafle to sweep stakes, from rafler to carry or sweep away, rafler tout to sweep stakes; of German origin; confer German raffeln to snatch up, to rake. See Raff...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/5

  3. Raffle
    Raf'fle intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Raffled (-f'ld); present participle & verbal noun Raffling (-flĭng).] To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/5

  4. Raffle
    Raf'fle transitive verb To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off ; as, to raffle off a horse.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/5

  5. Raffle
    Raf'fle noun [ See Raff , noun & v. , and Raffle .] Refuse; rubbish; raff.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/5

  6. raffle
    noun a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. Raffle
    • (v.) Refuse; rubbish; raff. • (v.) A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor. • (v. i.) To engage in a raffle; as, to raffl...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. Raffle
    . A `raffle` is a competition in which people obtain numbered tickets, each ticket having the chance of winning a prize. At a set time, the winners are drawn from a container holding a copy of every number. The drawn tickets are checked against a collection of prizes with numbers attached to them, a...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffle

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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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