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rakeshame Now rare (? U.S.).|ˈreɪkʃeɪm|
[f. rake v.1 + shame n.; perh. suggested by rake-hell.]
One who covers himself with shame; an ill-behaved, disorderly, or dissolute fellow. (Common in 17th c.)
1599Broughton's Lett. v. 15 It is an easie matter for euery rakeshame to reuile an innocent. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 446 Such roysters and rake-shames as Mars is manned with. 1682A. Behn City Heiress 39 Marry you! a Rakeshame..without Money or Credit. 1718Ozell tr. Tournefort's Voy. I. 353 The Caimacan..gave strangers a permission to defend themselves against these disorderly Rake-shames. c1840Whittier Tales & Sk., Dr. Singletary vi, There's not a more drunken, swearing rakeshame in town than Tom Osborne.
Hence † ˈrake-shamed a., disreputable, disgraceful. Obs.
1635Long Meg of Westminster (1816) 6 Away, you foule rake-sham'd whore, quoth he. 1662–3Pepys Diary 21 Feb., These fellows, which are called the commissioners, but are the most rake-shamed rogues that ever I saw in my life. |