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America's Rake is in the White House nt (Original Post) Xipe Totec Nov 2018 OP
Good one! fierywoman Nov 2018 #1
Not rakish, though he thinks himself to be. ProudLib72 Nov 2018 #2
No, just plain rake, as in dissolute. nt Xipe Totec Nov 2018 #3
I got it. I was trying to think of other ways to use "rake" ProudLib72 Nov 2018 #4
I got it and agreed. He thinks he's rakish, but he's not even a rake; Just a short stick in deep mud Xipe Totec Nov 2018 #5

ProudLib72

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4. I got it. I was trying to think of other ways to use "rake"
Sun Nov 18, 2018, 11:40 PM
Nov 2018

Strangely, the word "rakish" can be a synonym for "dissolute", although I've never heard it used that way. Go figure.

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