How to use raker in a sentence
Over time, the rakers were used to target different groups in NYC based on world events.
9 Secrets of the NYPD’s Spy Unit Revealed in ‘Enemies Within’ | Abby Haglage | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey considered the rakers program highly successful, and christened it the “Demographics Unit.”
9 Secrets of the NYPD’s Spy Unit Revealed in ‘Enemies Within’ | Abby Haglage | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST“Getting together for a game of chess, backgammon, or just to have a conversation,” the rakers report reads.
9 Secrets of the NYPD’s Spy Unit Revealed in ‘Enemies Within’ | Abby Haglage | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause they were the ones “raking in the coals,” they were nicknamed “rakers.”
9 Secrets of the NYPD’s Spy Unit Revealed in ‘Enemies Within’ | Abby Haglage | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThere's no bigger fools in creation than a mob of gully-rakers.
Colonial Born | G. Firth Scott
These are called the gill rakers, and aid in collecting tiny organisms from the water as it passes over the gills.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterIn the same year, Seymour produced his self-rakers for harvesters, and Gorrie invented the ice-making machine.
Invention | Bradley A. FiskeThe same remarks apply equally to the following species, except that it has a few less gill-rakers than the northern species.
Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others | James Alexander HenshallI guess we Wiltshiremen be worth two Gloster men any day though they do call us 'Moon-rakers.'
Leaves from a Field Note-Book | J. H. Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for raker
/ (ˈreɪkə) /
a person who rakes
a raking implement
Midland English dialect a large lump of coal
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