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approbation(dictionary)
Rake(casino)
rake-off(dictionary)
rake(8)(dictionary)
rake(7)(dictionary)
rake(6)(dictionary)
rake(5)(dictionary)
rake(4)(dictionary)
rake(3)(dictionary)

rake(4) (iou) and approbation (oh)


rake(4) (iou)



rake noun4. M17.
[Abbreviation of RAKEHELL.]
A fashionable or stylish person, esp. a man, of dissolute or promiscuous habits.
rake's progress [the title of a series of engravings by William Hogarth (1735)] a progressive degeneration or decline, esp. through self-indulgence.
rakery noun (now rare) the habits or conduct of a rake E18.

approbation (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, from approbare; APPROVE]
formal official praise or approval