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rake⋅hell
[reyk-hel] 
–noun
| 1. | a licentious or dissolute man; rake. |
–adjective
| 2. | Also, rake⋅hell⋅y [reyk-hel-ee] . dissolute; profligate. |
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| rake·hell (rāk'hěl') n. A dissolute person; a rake. [Possibly by folk etymology from obsolete rackle, headstrong, from Middle English rakel, perhaps from raken, to go.] |
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Rakehell
Rake"hell`\, n. [See Rakel.] A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake. It seldom doth happen, in any way of life, that a sluggard and a rakehell do not go together. --Barrow.Rakehell
Rake"hell`\, Rakehelly \Rake"hell`y\, a. Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish. [Obs.] --Spenser. B. Jonson.
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