Definition of Rakeries

1. Noun. (plural of rakery) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rakeries

1. rakery [n] - See also: rakery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rakeries

rake together
rake up
rakeable
raked
rakee
rakees
rakehell
rakehells
rakehelly
rakehood
rakemaker
rakemakers
rakeoff
rakeoffs
raker
rakeries (current term)
rakers
rakery
rakes
rakeshame
rakeshames
rakestale
rakestales
rakhi
rakhis
raki
rakia
rakias
rakija
raking

Literary usage of Rakeries

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century by William Randolph Hearst (1851)
"... and that willingness to be at an unusual disadvantage, which makes chastity cut so remarkable a figure amidst the rakeries of Beaumont and Fletcher. ..."

2. The New-England Magazine by Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin (1833)
"... or the amiable rakeries of man—•those who alter good authors, for the sake of avoiding the law, made and provided against book-stealing—in fine, ..."

3. The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler, David Josiah Brewer (1900)
"... and that willingness to be at an unusual disadvantage, which make chastity cut so remarkable a figure amid the rakeries of Beaumont and Fletcher. ..."

4. Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As by Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1908)
"... and that willingness to be at an unusual disadvantage, which make chastity cut so remarkable a figure amid the rakeries of Beaumont and Fletcher. ..."

5. Providence City Manual: Or, Organization of the Municipal Government by Providence (R.I.) (1875)
"According ,to number of presses used, not including supply of steam boiler, $8.00 to $40.00 rakeries. According to the average daily use of flour per barrel ..."

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