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rakeshame

rakeshame noun: an objectionable person.

Noun

rakeshame (plural rakeshames)

  1. (obsolete) An objectionable person.
    • […] if such divine ministeries as these, wherein the angel of the church represents the person of Christ Jesus, must lie prostitute to sordid fees, and not pass to and fro between our Saviour, that of free grace redeemed us, and the submissive penitent, without the truckage of perishing coin, and...1641, John Milton, Of Reformation of Church-Discipline in England, Book II

Forms of rakeshame

pluralrakeshames

Origin of rakeshame

Compare rakehell, ragabash.

Questions about rakeshame

What does rakeshame mean?
Rakeshame means an objectionable person.
What part of speech is rakeshame?
Rakeshame is a noun.
What is the plural of rakeshame?
The plural of rakeshame is rakeshames.

Words near rakeshame in the dictionary

  1. rakes over
  2. rakes over old coals
  3. rakes over the coals
  4. rakes together
  5. rakes up
  6. rakeshame
  7. rakeshames
  8. rakest
  9. rakestale
  10. rakestales
  11. Rakestraw

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