Lexicographical Neighbors of Rakeoff
Literary usage of Rakeoff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Panama: The Canal, the Country, and the People by Arthur Bullard (1911)
"In these "poker rooms" the "house rakeoff" is so high that a filled table is said
to net the proprietor $15.00 gold an hour. This is sure income, ..."
2. Highways and Byways of the Pacific Coast by Clifton Johnson (1908)
""There's quite a rakeoff in that," one man in the valley, who had himself been
a chopper, explained to me; "but they have the best of food and a first-class ..."
3. Highways and Byways of the Pacific Coast by Clifton Johnson (1908)
""There's quite a rakeoff in that," one man in the valley, who had himself been
a chopper, explained to me; "but they have the best of food and a first-class ..."
4. Selected Articles on Municipal Ownership by Julia Emily Johnsen (1918)
"... by the 'rakeoff' that goes to the occupants of these 'soft snaps' — the amount
of money drawn from the city treasury that ..."
5. Selected Articles on Municipal Ownership by Julia Emily Johnsen (1918)
"... he will be particularly impressed by the 'rakeoff* that goes to the occupants
of these 'soft snaps' — the amount of money drawn from the city treasury ..."
6. His Great Adventure by Robert Herrick (1913)
"They don't want reform — they don't want to shut up the cafes and French restaurants
and prevent the city council from getting its little rakeoff — not a ..."
7. Addresses and Papers on Insurance by Rufus M. Potts (1917)
"Of course fires happened and the corrupt agents paid the losses, receiving
their "rakeoff." The same thing happened in relation to stocks of merchandise of ..."
8. Addresses and Papers on Insurance by Rufus M. Potts (1917)
"Of course fires happened and the corrupt agents paid the losses, receiving
their "rakeoff." The same thing happened in relation to stocks of merchandise of ..."
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