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Definition of Rooked
1. rook [v] - See also: rook
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rooked
Literary usage of Rooked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Universal Geography: Being a Gazetteer of the World by Theophilus Carey Callicot (1853)
"... wen A» «rooked 4 uneven u they could «ell be, till 1849, when they were graded &
rendered respectable. The harbor is the best in the state, ..."
2. Wonderful London, its lights and shadows of humour and sadness (1878)
"rooked IN THE CITY. AMONGST the most infamous dens in this great metropolis are
not a few City billiard-rooms. From midday to midnight villanous schemes are ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"5. Woe, woe unto the market-place ! Woe, woe among the cleavers ! For sad is
every greasy face Among Bill Neat's believers. 6. I'm rooked ..."
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