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Meaning of go a raker | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

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

UK, archaic, slang

Examples

“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⟳, […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

go a-begging go about go about one's business go about one's day go about to go abroad

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