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Definition of Rakeries
1. rakery [n] - See also: rakery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rakeries
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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