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- noun Plural form of
moonraker .
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Examples
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Wiltshire people say that the original "Moonrakers" were Wiltshire folk of Cranborne Chase, and the story goes that a party of horsemen crossing a stream saw some yokels drawing their rakes through the water which reflected the harvest moon.
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes
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The humour of the joke lies in the fact that the "moonrakers" were smugglers retrieving kegs of rum and brandy and that the horsemen were excise officials.
Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Edric Holmes
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_ Would that Goring's moonrakers might come across the snuffling organ and cut it off.
Cromwell Alfred B. Richards
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_Falcon_, every sail drawing, skysails and moonrakers set, a pillar of white cloud she seemed, like some majestic womanhood.
The Wind Bloweth Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne 1908
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They described the ascending sails as everything from moonrakers, cloud cleaners, skyscrapers, and stargazers to puffballs and “angel’s footstools.”
A Furnace Afloat JOE JACKSON 2003
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(moonrakers. co.uk) in Alfriston, and The Hungry Monk (hungrymonk. co.uk) in Jevington, where I enjoyed an excellent three-course dinner.
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