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I vaguely remember that the French expression "par raccroc" means precisely "by chance". Perhaps this word has been in the English vocabulary since Norman times, perhaps it is of relatively new adoption. In any case, a common everyday word it is not.
As to "tombola", in Spain we have a much older version of Forrest Gump's "Life is like a box of chocolates" in our wise saying "La vida es una tómbola"... In raffles, as in chocolate boxes, you never know what you are going to get.
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Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted raccroc Jackie 02/20/01 05:00 AM Re: raccroc Bingley 02/20/01 05:37 AM tombola emanuela 02/20/01 06:24 AM Re: tombola rkay 02/20/01 09:54 AM Re: tombola RhubarbCommando 02/20/01 12:02 PM Re: tombola Bean 02/20/01 01:12 PM Re: raccroc Anonymous 02/20/01 06:50 AM Re: raccroc Jackie 02/20/01 12:27 PM Re: raccroc wwh 02/20/01 02:58 PM Re: raccroc wwh 02/20/01 03:02 PM Re: raccroc tsuwm 02/20/01 03:06 PM Re: raccroc Anonymous 02/20/01 03:13 PM Re: raccroc Jazzoctopus 02/20/01 10:22 PM Re: raccroc Marianna 02/20/01 12:55 PM Re: raccroc maverick 02/20/01 01:15 PM Re: raccroc TEd Remington 02/21/01 12:06 AM Re: Ray Kroc Sparteye 02/21/01 03:01 PM
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