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  • verb Present participle of raffle.

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Examples

  • Registration officials have been condemned for "raffling" shopping vouchers and a car, and for paying officials for returned registration forms.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • The "raffling," combined with the "rum" -- which was now also meted out -- produced for some time a noisy excitement.

    Ran Away to Sea Mayne Reid 1850

  • When we were approached with the idea of raffling off a car, it just seemed like a natural fit. "

    SIMCOE - Home 2010

  • When we were approached with the idea of raffling off a car, it just seemed like a natural fit. "

    SIMCOE - Home 2010

  • The TRCP is raffling a Wyoming Game and Fish Commissioner's Tag -- good for an elk, mule deer or pronghorn antelope license in any unit in Wyoming.

    Wyoming Game and Fish Commissioner's Tag Raffle; good for elk, deer, or antelope 2009

  • He provided her with a new car, raffling off the old union-owned vehicle to the members—a seemingly generous move.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • I'm thrilled to tell you that we'll be donating all of the net proceeds from ticket sales and the money we raise raffling off wine to Peconic Land Trust, an important local organization that strives to protect Long Island's working farms, natural lands and heritage.

    Long Island Wine Events 2009

  • This will be a special event because I will be raffling off this Squire guitar.

    Gene Odom and Molly Hatchet at The Rye Patch 06/25/10 « Lynyrd Skynyrd Dixie 2010

  • For some time I've been thinking about participating in one of these celebrity auctions, perhaps offering Kardashian Family tweets as Christmas-stocking stuffers, but to date none of the celebrities raffling off their time or their tweets appeal to me.

    I'll Raise You $10 for Kim Kardashian 2011

  • Other tactics include serving free food into the early-morning hours or raffling off prizes at the end of the evening to encourage students to stay.

    College Parties, Minus the Beer Binges Sue Shellenbarger 2011

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