Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Wool-gathering. See moon-raker, 1.

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Examples

  • And being called the master now, head-farmer, and chief yeoman, it irked me much that any one should take advantage of me; yet everybody did so as soon as ever it was known that my wits were gone moon-raking.

    Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004

  • And being called the master now, head-farmer, and chief yeoman, it irked me much that any one should take advantage of me; yet everybody did so as soon as ever it was known that my wits were gone moon-raking.

    Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor 1862

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