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- verb Present participle of
riffle . - noun
sampling by use of ariffler
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Examples
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Prince's adroit card "riffling" in the sun-parlors of The Reina
Phantom Wires A Novel Arthur Stringer 1912
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Now these Mexican people, they stand out there day and night on every corner, "riffling" the cards as people walk by.
Latest Articles 2010
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We'll be watching, but in the meantime, we'll be riffling through our desks looking for a couple of lost 1099 forms.
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson: Fiscal Follies: Is it Time to Raise Taxes, Simplify Them, or Both? Scott Bittle 2011
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And how can the “right to counsel” have any meaning, or be knowingly waived, if the attorney does not see sneaky little Officer Stoddard riffling though her files, seeing evidence to further incriminate the defendant?
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We'll be watching, but in the meantime, we'll be riffling through our desks looking for a couple of lost 1099 forms.
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson: Fiscal Follies: Is it Time to Raise Taxes, Simplify Them, or Both? Scott Bittle 2011
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The room fell silent save for the riffling of papers as the other coaches flipped back and forth through their notes.
Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011
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And how can the “right to counsel” have any meaning, or be knowingly waived, if the attorney does not see sneaky little Officer Stoddard riffling though her files, seeing evidence to further incriminate the defendant?
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We don't know if our correspondent has been riffling through the album racks in Noord-Holland, but he's uncovered a gem with this.
Which football teams have been referenced on album covers? | The Knowledge 2011
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By noon they're in the basement of the designer Sue Wong's headquarters near downtown Los Angeles, riffling through racks of feathery gowns.
For filmmakers behind documentary on terrorism, a strange journey to Hollywood 2011
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We don't know if our correspondent has been riffling through the album racks in Noord-Holland, but he's uncovered a gem with this.
Which football teams have been referenced on album covers? | The Knowledge 2011
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