I am no Herculanean raker.

"I've heard you'd got a mowing-machine," says he, "and I've brought along a patent raker thing that's handy to have."

Zemindars were presented with the land for which they had been mere rakers-in of revenue.

The conservation movement cannot be checked by the baseless charge that it will prevent development, or that every man who tells the plain truth is either a muck-raker or a demagogue.

As soon as the muck-rakers wear out their rakes, and the great American public finds some other kind of hysterics to keep it worked up to a proper temperature, I shall mosey back and resume business at the old stand.

Let us thank God for our muck-rakers.

The prisoner was defended by ex-Judge G. F. Harris, E. V. Spencer and John E. Raker.

On one occasion Miller drew a revolver in the court room and attempted to shoot Attorney Raker.

When Harrington would rule against the admission of this evidence, Harris, Raker or Spencer would argue the point and manage to get the evidence before the jury and end by going to jail.

A raker up of the ashes of princes, an hypocrite, a juggler, a latitudinarian, are the best terms which he affords the advocate of the Church of England, in defence of which he had so lately been himself a distinguished champion.

She carries sixteen pieces of ordinance, two brass rakers, six iron demiculverin drakes, four iron whole culverin drakes, and four iron demicannon drakes.

The outer branchial rakers are long.

"Get hence, night-raker!" cried a voice.