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单词 raffler
释义 I. raffler1|ˈræflə(r)|
[f. raffle v.1+ -er1.]
One who raffles. Also spec. (see quot. 1851).
1798Poetry in Ann. Reg. 450, I see the rafflers press, by thousands, round; I hear the die's still profitable sound.1851Mayhew Lond. Labour I. 371 The trade in China ornaments..is carried on both in the regular way and by means of raffles. At some public-houses, indeed, the China ornament dealers are called ‘rafflers’.
II. ˈraffler2 Obs. rare—1.
[f. raffle v.4 + -er1.]
A quarrelsome person.
c1750Long Meg of Westminster 24 If any rafler [var. raffler] come in, and make a quarel..thrust him out of doors.
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