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nounrakery (countable and uncountable, plural rakeries)
plural rakeries
- countabledateduncountableDebauchery; lewdness.
the rakery and intrigues of the lewd town
a. 1734, Roger North, The Life of the Right Honourable Francis North1 more example
Already, you see, I had begun to acquire a taste for rakery and wenching among the London debutantes.
1979, Roald Dahl, My Uncle Oswald
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