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I was reading an article about an older woman who was kidnapped by teenagers and put in the trunk of the car. As it turned out, she is fine. In the course of the story, she called her first husband a "rake." I hadn't heard of that term, though Shu had. From Dictionary.com it means "a dissolute man, esp. one in fashionable society; roué." Shu used the term "sexual predator."

Do you use it? Do you see it often?

Roué is new to me, too...a man devoted to sensual pleasure.
 
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I don't think I've ever used it but it's fairly common in older literature.
There is even a series of Hogarth paintings and a Stravinsky opera based on them.


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Rake for a man is analagous to hoe for a woman.
 
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So when a rake and a hoe get together do they fork?


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Depends on the pitch
 
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It must be a Harrowing experience plowing her unless she's been spade.


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There's an Englishman on the model airplane discussion site I frequent named Peter Rake. What can I say... Roll Eyeshttp://www.vintagemodelcompany.com/category/peter-rake-models/

I've seen the term on occasion, but, as with the others, it's not one I often use.


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The article also had mortarboard in it. I've heard it used for cap and gowns for graduations, but not for a woman's hat. Women's hats just aren't that common anymore.
 
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Hats off to the ladies.
 
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Just watched the Coco Chanel biopic with Isabelle Adjani. She started as a milliner (?) in Paris, & oh were they gorgeous. Bring them back, I say. The rakes will come running.
 
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HuffPost had this article detailing why you should be careful what you name your products.NSFW
 
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Some years back someone tried selling an Australian sunscreen called "Nads" in the US. Nad may be short for the woman's name, Nadine, in Oz, but here in the USA... Roll Eyes


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So when a rake and a hoe get together do they fork?


More likely they spoon ...


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So when a rake and a hoe get together do they fork?


More likely they spoon ...


So, good at the wordplay as well as the serious posts, eh?
How are you at writing limericks? We have a regular limerick writing game here too.
Once again, welcome.


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