rakehell

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rakehell - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rakehell \Rake"hell`\ (r[=a]k"h[e^]l`), n. [See Rakel.]
     A lewd, dissolute fellow; a debauchee; a rake.
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           It seldom doth happen, in any way of life, that a
           sluggard and a rakehell do not go together. --Barrow.
     [1913 Webster] Rakehell

  Rakehell \Rake"hell`\, Rakehelly \Rake"hell`y\
     (r[=a]k"h[e^]l`[y^]), a.
     Dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish. [Obs.] --Spenser. B. Jonson.
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rakehell - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rakehell
      n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake,
           rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue]