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rakehell

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rake·hell  (rkhl)
n.
A dissolute person; a rake.
[Possibly by folk etymology from obsolete rackle, headstrong, from Middle English rakel, perhaps from raken, to go.]
rakehell [ˈreɪkˌhɛl] Archaic
n
a dissolute man; rake
adj also rakehelly
profligate; dissolute
[from rake1 + hell; but compare Middle English rakel rash]
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Noun1.rakehell - a dissolute man in fashionable society
profligate, rake, rip, roue, blood
debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
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Julia Templeton's THE RAKEHELLS OF ROCHESTER, a trilogy of historical erotic romances about three brothers forced to find wives or lose their inheritance, to John Scognamiglio at Kensington, by Jim McCarthy at Dystel & Goderich Literary Management (World).
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For, from the brilliance of his mind, sprang one of the greatest cads in British literature, Sir Harry Paget Flashman (1822-1915)-proud brute, cheat, womaniser, jibbering coward, rakehell, who rode through the stench and blood of Victorian history, but always emerged triumphant and superbly dressed to collect his totally undeserved gongs.
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This is the background to a new challenge for Christopher Redmayne, professional architect turned amateur sleuth, and his friend the constable Jonathan Bale, after the body of one time Rakehell Gabriel Cheever is found beside the Thames.
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