rakery

“So I think,” cries the other, and tosses his tie behind him, with an air partly of contempt, and partly of rakery.

Pamela 2006

And still a greater is thy balancing, (as thou dost at present,) between old rakery and new reformation; since this puts thee into the same situation with her, as they told me, at Leipsick, Martin Luther was in, at the first public dispute which he held in defence of his supposed new doctrines with Eckius.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

London winter, between Parliaments and rakery, is a little too much without interruption for an elderly personage, that verges towards -- I won't say what.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2 Horace Walpole 1757

Hertford's rakery, and Mr. Wilkes's religious deportment, and constant attendance at your chapel.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757

-- And still a greater is thy balancing, (as thou dost at present,) between old rakery and new reformation; since this puts thee into the same situation with her, as they told me, at Leipsick, Martin

Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 Samuel Richardson 1725

"Perhaps," he began with some hope, "when I say farewell to rakery once and for all, I may make something fine yet.

Nancy Stair A Novel Elinor Macartney Lane 1886

“Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland;” and as it bears testimony both to the reputation of the lady for wealth, and that of her husband for rakery and extravagance, it may be worth extracting: ”

Life of Lord Byron Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852 1854