Moonrakers

Word MOONRAKERS
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Definitions and meanings of "Moonrakers"

What do we mean by moonrakers?

Someone from Wiltshire. (After a story in which some Wiltshire peasants, seeing the reflection of the moon in a shallow pool, tried to rake it out.)

A small, light sail located high on a mast (above the skysail) and used for speed.

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The word "moonrakers" in example sentences

Wiltshire people say that the original "Moonrakers" were Wiltshire folk of Cranborne Chase, and the story goes that a party of horsemen crossing a stream saw some yokels drawing their rakes through the water which reflected the harvest moon. ❋ Edric Holmes (N/A)

The humour of the joke lies in the fact that the "moonrakers" were smugglers retrieving kegs of rum and brandy and that the horsemen were excise officials. ❋ Edric Holmes (N/A)

_ Would that Goring's moonrakers might come across the snuffling organ and cut it off. ❋ Alfred B. Richards (N/A)

_Falcon_, every sail drawing, skysails and moonrakers set, a pillar of white cloud she seemed, like some majestic womanhood. ❋ Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne (1908)

They described the ascending sails as everything from moonrakers, cloud cleaners, skyscrapers, and stargazers to puffballs and “angel’s footstools.” ❋ JOE JACKSON (2003)

(moonrakers. co.uk) in Alfriston, and The Hungry Monk (hungrymonk. co.uk) in Jevington, where I enjoyed an excellent three-course dinner. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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