raff vs raffle

raff

noun
  • A promiscuous heap; a jumble; a large quantity; lumber; refuse. 

  • A low fellow; a churl. 

  • A three-cornered sail set on a schooner when before the wind. 

  • The common rabble or mob; riffraff. 

verb
  • To sweep, snatch, draw, or huddle together; to take by a promiscuous sweep. 

raffle

noun
  • refuse; rubbish 

  • A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize. 

verb
  • To participate in a raffle. 

  • To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off. 

How often have the words raff and raffle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )