▪ I. raffler1
(ˈræflə(r))
[f. raffle v.1+ -er1.]
One who raffles. Also spec. (see quot. 1851).
| 1798 Poetry in Ann. Reg. 450, I see the rafflers press, by thousands, round; I hear the die's still profitable sound. 1851 Mayhew 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.
| c 1750 Long Meg of Westminster 24 If any rafler [var. raffler] come in, and make a quarel..thrust him out of doors. |