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rakery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹeɪkəɹi/

Etymology

From rake + -ery.

Meanings

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) Debauchery; lewdness.
   • Already, you see, I had begun to acquire a taste for rakery and wenching among the London debutantes. 1979, Roald Dahl, My Uncle Oswald:
   • the rakery and intrigues of the lewd town a. 1734, Roger North, The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North:

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