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Examples

  • Raker's dire prophecies, skilled witchcraft, and battlefield cunning had made a fool of the Limper.

    The Black Company Cook, Glen 1984

  • "And Raker's cousins would be on you like flies on horseapple."

    The Black Company Cook, Glen 1984

  • As the Raker's Seat -- the main feature of C.H. McCormick's patent of 1847 -- comes fairly within the scope of this enquiry as to priority of invention, we re-publish Senator Roane's letter and also furnish other testimony on the subject.

    Obed Hussey Who, of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap Various

  • It was said to have turned Lord Raker's wig gray in a single night, and had certainly made three of Lady Canterville's French governesses give warning before their month was up.

    Humorous Ghost Stories Dorothy Scarborough 1906

  • It was said to have turned Lord Raker's wig grey in a single night, and had certainly made three of Lady Canterville's French governesses give warning before their month was up.

    The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde 1877

  • It was said to have turned Lord Raker's wig grey in a single night, and had certainly made three of Lady Canterville's

    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 1877

  • Maybe something really tough, like: "The Los Angeles Raker's"!

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • Maybe something really tough, like: "The Los Angeles Raker's"!

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • Maybe something really tough, like: "The Los Angeles Raker's"!

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

  • Maybe something really tough, like: "The Los Angeles Raker's"!

    Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

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