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rakeshames

rakeshames is the plural of rakeshame.

Meaning of rakeshame

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

Questions about rakeshames

What is rakeshames the plural of?
Rakeshames is the plural of rakeshame.

Words near rakeshames in the dictionary

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

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