Land-raker, subs. (old).—A vagabond; a land-lubber (q.v.).
1598. Shakspeare, 1 Henry IV, ii. 1. I am joined with no foot
land-rakers, no long-staff sixpenny strikers.
Land Security. See Leg-bail.
Land-shark, subs. (nautical).—1. A boarding-house keeper; a runner; a
crimp; anyone living by the plunder of seamen. Fr. une vermine.
1838. Glascock, Landsharks and Seaguls [Title].
1857. Kingsley, Two Years Ago, ch. iv. These land-sharks ... ’ll
plunder even the rings off a corpse’s fingers.
1888. Notes and Queries, 7 S.v. 4 Feb., p. 83. Honest Jack, may he
ever be kept from land-sharks. [An old Toast].