rakehell
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rakehell
1540–50; alteration by folk etymology ( rake 1, hell ) of Middle English rakel (adj.) rash, rough, coarse, hasty (akin to rake 4 ); compare Old Norse reikall wandering, unsettled
Example Sentences
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Breakfast with Pauling Agre claims he was a "rakehell" as an adolescent who enjoyed an idyllic childhood in a small town in Minnesota.
From Scientific American
There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rakehell air in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
From Project Gutenberg
It deals with an exclusive Oxford undergraduate dining club, the Riot, named after an 18th century rakehell.
From The Guardian
The "Rose," in Wood Street, was a sponging-house, well known to the rakehells and spendthrifts of Charles II.'s time.
From Project Gutenberg
But for such rakehells, Neither fire nor flood will kill them.
From Project Gutenberg
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