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rakery Now rare.|ˈreɪkərɪ| [f. rake n.4 + -ery.] Rakish conduct; debauchery, dissoluteness; social excitement.
1728Fielding Love in Sev. Masques i. v, O if that be the malady, I would prescribe to the gentleman a course of rakery. a1734North Lives (1826) II. 233 He..instructed his Lordship in all the rakery and intrigues of the lewd town. 1850L. Hunt Autobiog. I. vi. 241 He looked..like the man who could bear rakery and debauch. |