Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go a raker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: go a rak-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bet a large amount of money on a certain racehorse.

British usage; Archaic; Slang

Example Sentences

"1891, 3 April, Lie. Vict. Gaz. Then he went a raker on the favourite for the St. Leger, but the brute was not even shopped."
"Finally, rendered desperate by failure after failure, I went a raker for a horse that I had heard on unquestionable authority was a real 'good thing' for the Cambridgeshire. He came in last but one in the race, […]"

Usage

British usage
Archaic
Slang

Inflected Forms

goes a raker (present, singular) going a raker (participle, present) went a raker (past) gone a raker (participle, past)

Questions

What does go a raker mean?: To bet a large amount of money on a certain racehorse.

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