go a raker
verbDefinitions
To bet a large amount of money on a certain racehorse.
- 1891, 3 April, Lie. Vict. Gaz. Then he went a raker on the favourite for the St. Leger, but the brute was not even shopped.
- Finally, rendered desperate by failure after failure, I went a raker for a horse that I had heard on unquestionable authority was a real 'good thing' for the Cambridgeshire. He came in last but one in the race, […]
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