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• present tense form of raffle (3rd person singular).

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  raffles

  noun

  a gentlemanly burglar, amateur housebreaker, or the like.
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  Raffles

  noun

  Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.

raffles

¹ American  

[raf-uhlz] / ˈræf əlz /

noun

(often initial capital letter)

1. a gentlemanly burglar, amateur housebreaker, or the like.

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Raffles ² American  

[raf-uhlz] / ˈræf əlz /

noun

1. Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.

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Raffles British  

/ ˈræfəlz /

noun

1. Sir Thomas Stamford . 1781–1826, British colonial administrator: founded Singapore (1819) as a station for the British East India Company

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Etymology

Origin of raffles

1925–30; after Raffles, hero of The Amateur Cracksman, by E. W. Hornung (1866–1921), English novelist

Example Sentences

I’m a big fan of the waffles at the Courtyard Kitchen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026

Similarly, packaged pancakes and waffles are filled with sugars and are often ultraprocessed, loaded with harmful additives.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 21, 2026

If you say you like pancakes, someone else will claim you hate waffles.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

“I’ve taken mashed potatoes and turned them into waffles, like savory waffles for my kids,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Luke didn’t say much, not then or the next morning when Toby woke up and Luke had somehow cobbled together enough money for some frozen waffles.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss