Rakehell

Rake originated from the old English term 'rakehell' and was coined because of the belief that one could only find such a horrible person after scouring through hell with a rake. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I took my half-day on Wednesday, and naturally on that day the king and his bosom friend, the known rakehell George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham, attended the early performance. ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Her brothers were rogues—or had been—and her father had been the worst rakehell ever, but to her knowledge none of them had ever trifled with the servants, not even Oliver when he was in his wild phase and had lived in a bachelor house of his own. ❋ Deborah Gonzales (2011)

He read out: ‘This known bon viveur, Wit, rakehell, and royal intimate, has abducted Mistress Elizabeth Malet, the great heiress of the North, who is only sixteen years old!’ ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

Posted December 19, 2004 10: 48 PM rakehell writes: ❋ Unknown (2009)

A young rakehell who frequented too many unsavory taverns? ❋ That Perfect Someone (2010)

The first section of Eyre's memoir, Utopia and Other Places (1993), is titled "Long Shadows", and describes how nearly every member of the family seems in thrall to half-remembered stories about its past, not least its Irish ancestry (a roofless country house in the west of Ireland; rakehell tales of carousing and bankruptcy). ❋ Andrew Dickson (2010)

A rakehell rogue notorious for his devil-may-care antics, Lucas Bingham--the Earl of Hadley--is not accused of murdering anything--save for the rules of Polite Society. ❋ Donna (2010)

Posted February 13, 2006 10:23 AM rakehell writes: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Posted December 31, 2005 11:54 PM rakehell writes: "The difficulty of all of this is that it makes it very hard for a company or school to discriminate in hiring based on the grades of applicants." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Posted February 21, 2006 10:22 AM rakehell writes: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Posted February 15, 2006 11:17 AM rakehell writes: ❋ Unknown (2009)

[damn] [ryan] is a rakehell he flirts with [everyone]! ❋ Pandasurus Nommy Nommer (2013)