raffle
noun
a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
had raffled
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past perfectof raffle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Within minutes, the Athletics had raffled off Bassitt himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
Within days, they had raffled off Matt Chapman and Matt Olson too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
The law traced Tom Jensen down to Seattle, heard that he had raffled off a nugget bracelet belonging to Sweet Marie on the boat, had cashed the gold dust at the Seattle assay office.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Germans had raffled to the defense of their hiding place and had hurriedly thrown up an emplacement for their machine guns.
From The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet by James R. [pseud.] Driscoll
