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kennel raker

kennel raker is the alternative form 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

Forms of kennel raker

pluralkennel rakers

Questions about kennel raker

What is kennel raker the alternative form of?
Kennel raker is the alternative form of kennel-raker.

Words near kennel raker in the dictionary

  1. kennel cough
  2. kennel council
  3. kennel councils
  4. kennel maid
  5. kennel maids
  6. kennel raker
  7. kennel rakers
  8. kennel-raker
  9. kennel-rakers
  10. kenneled
  11. kennelful

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