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going a raker

going a raker is the present participle and gerund of go a raker.

Meaning of go a raker

Verb

go a raker (third-person singular simple present goes a raker, present participle going a raker, simple past went a raker, past participle gone a raker)

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) To bet a large amount of money on a certain racehorse.
    • Then he went a raker on the favourite for the St. Leger, but the brute was not even shopped.1891, 3 April, Lie. Vict. Gaz.

Questions about going a raker

What is going a raker the present participle and gerund of?
Going a raker is the present participle and gerund of go a raker.

Words near going a raker in the dictionary

  1. goin'
  2. going
  3. going a cropper
  4. going a long way
  5. going a mucker
  6. going a raker
  7. going about
  8. going about one's business
  9. going about one's day
  10. going about to
  11. going abroad

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