raffles
a gentlemanly burglar, amateur housebreaker, or the like.
Origin of raffles
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Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
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How to use raffles in a sentence
Fortune laughed along with him—he won at all sorts of things, not only cards but raffles and games of chance.
As little as these raffles cost for campaigns to put on, they cost even less money for people to enter.
Dinners With Anna Wintour for Obama, Donald Trump for Romney: Rise of Raffle Fundraising | Ben Jacobs | June 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThese raffles are an attempt to pump up the lagging numbers of small donors at low cost.
Dinners With Anna Wintour for Obama, Donald Trump for Romney: Rise of Raffle Fundraising | Ben Jacobs | June 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThus, he has amped up the number of raffles and added celebrities to the mix.
Dinners With Anna Wintour for Obama, Donald Trump for Romney: Rise of Raffle Fundraising | Ben Jacobs | June 6, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe called that night, and two days later was installed in the Van raffles's kitchen.
Mrs. Raffles | John Kendrick Bangs
The same “raffles” afterwards turned up at Newport, where the girls for several weeks led a life of thrilling interest.
The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires | Laura Dent CraneWhat is the discovery of the Boy raffles compared with your bringing to light the family history of poor little Eunice!
The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires | Laura Dent Craneraffles, wheels, and rings were employed to extract coins from the under-zealous.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney GreenbieNorman, on returning to the fancy fair, found the world in all the ardour of raffles.
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for Raffles
/ (ˈræfəlz) /
Sir Thomas Stamford . 1781–1826, British colonial administrator: founded Singapore (1819) as a station for the British East India Company
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