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rafel.

frayed thread

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. frayed thread

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Unknown. English ravel is believed to be a borrowing from Dutch.

noun
  1. type of game played with three dice

    archaic · feminine
  2. a throw of three dice

    archaic · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French rafle (“a type game played with three dice”), from Old French rafle, raffle (“dice game, plundering”), from rafler (“to snatch, seize, carry off”), from Old High German *raffalon, a frequentative of *raffon (modern German raffen). Related to rapen.

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