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rake⋅hell

  [reyk-hel]
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–noun
1. a licentious or dissolute man; rake.
–adjective
2. Also, rake⋅hell⋅y  [reyk-hel-ee] . dissolute; profligate.
Origin:
1540–50; alter. by folk etym. (see rake 1 , hell ) of ME rakel (adj.) rash, rough, coarse, hasty (akin to rake 4 ); cf. ON reikall wandering, unsettled
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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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