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kennel-rakers

kennel-rakers is the plural of kennel-raker.

Meaning of kennel-raker

Noun

kennel-raker (plural kennel-rakers)

  1. (archaic) A poor unskilled menial laborer who has no steady employment.
    • For scouring the water-courses through the cities; A fine periphrasis of a kennel-raker!1647, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, The Prophetess

Questions about kennel-rakers

What is kennel-rakers the plural of?
Kennel-rakers is the plural of kennel-raker.

Words near kennel-rakers in the dictionary

  1. kennel maid
  2. kennel maids
  3. kennel raker
  4. kennel rakers
  5. kennel-raker
  6. kennel-rakers
  7. kenneled
  8. kennelful
  9. kennelfuls
  10. kenneling
  11. Kennell

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