go a raker

== English == === Verb === go a raker (third-person singular simple present goes a raker, present participle going a raker, simple past went a raker, past participle gone a raker) (UK, 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. ==== References ==== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary