rakeshame

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noun

An objectionable person.

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Meanings

nounrakeshame (plural rakeshames)

plural rakeshames

  1. obsoleteAn objectionable person.
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    […] if such divine ministeries as these, wherein the angel of the church represents the person of Christ Jesus, must lie prostitute to sordid fees, and not pass to and fro between our Saviour, that of free grace redeemed us, and the submissive penitent, without the truckage of perishing coin, and the butcherly execution of tormentors, rooks, and rakeshames sold to lucre ; then have the Babylonish merchants of souls just excuse.

    1641, John Milton, Of Reformation of Church-Discipline in England, Book II

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
troublemaker

Origin

Compare rakehell, ragabash.

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APA

rakeshame. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rakeshame

MLA

“rakeshame.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rakeshame. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rakeshame,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rakeshame.

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