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< raft

rafter >

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NOUN:
Informal

A great number, amount, or collection: "As the prairie dog goes, conservation biologists say, so may go a raft of other creatures" (William K. Stevens).

ETYMOLOGY:
Alteration of dialectal raff, rubbish ; see raffish

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