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rakehelly, a. and n.|ˈreɪkˌhɛlɪ|
[f. prec. + -y1. See also rakely.]
A. adj.
1. Of persons: Of the nature of, or resembling, a rakehell, or rakehells.
1579E. K. Ded. Spenser's Sheph. Cal., The rakehellye route of our ragged rymers. 1698Farquhar Love & Bottle ii. i, I am a Rakehelly Rascal not worth a Groat. a1766F. Sheridan Sidney Bidulph IV. 103 Her ladyship has the misfortune of having a rakehelly young fellow to her son. 1841Blackw. Mag. Apr. 439 They were..repulsive in appearance—rakehelly, slovenly in dress.
2. Appropriate to, characteristic of, rakehells.
1594O. B. Quest. Profit. Concern. 13 Reuiling..his mother and me with such rakehelly words & hellish oathes. c1700tr. B. Jonson's Leges Convivales x, Breaking of windows,..And spoiling the goods for a rakehelly prank. 1825J. F. Cooper Lionel Lincoln II. iv. 89 They needn't think to frighten the people with their rake-helly noises. 1888J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge vii, Those dissipated, not to say rakehelly countenances.
B. n. = rake-hell 1.
a1762Lady M. W. Montagu The Lover iii, No pedant, yet learned; no rake-helly gay. 1825J. F. Cooper Lionel Lincoln II. iv. 95 Let the rake-hellies go up to Breeds; the people will teach them the law! |