go a rakerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

go a raker (三人称単数 現在形 goes a raker, 現在分詞 going a raker, 過去形 went a raker, 過去分詞 gone a raker)

1. (Britain, slang, archaic) 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.

   • 1902, Finch Mason, Annals of the Horse-Shoe Club (page 195)

     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, […]

参照

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary