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raker

1

[ rey-ker ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that rakes. rake.


raker

2

[ rey-ker ]

noun

, Building Trades.
  1. an inclined member, as a pile or shore.

ˈraker

/ ˈreɪkə /

noun

  1. a person who rakes
  2. a raking implement
  3. dialect.
    a large lump of coal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of raker1

1325–75; Middle English. See rake 1, -er 1

Origin of raker2

First recorded in 1880–85; rake 3 + -er 1
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Example Sentences

Obviously, rakers couldn’t do that, and wouldn’t bother, anyway—as a general rule, the people raking truffles in the spooky forests of the Pacific Northwest have quick cash on their minds, not culinary excellence.

You said that you wished we might settle down to sound and constructive work, and get rid of the "muck-raker."

The machine built in 1831 required that the raker walk by the side of the machine.

No answer came from the pirate, but her head was rounded to, so as to bear directly down on the Raker.

Not one of her crew was found living, so destructive had been the continual discharge of grape from the Raker.

The latter vessel, traversed in every direction by the Raker's terrible fire, was rapidly settling into the ocean.

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