rooky
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rooky
Example Sentences
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The stage could not be darkened in Macbeth; but the hero was made to say, "Light thickens, and the crew makes wing to the rooky wood."
From The Theory of the Theatre by Clayton Meeker Hamilton
Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
Light thickens, and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop, and drowze; While night's black agents to their preys do rouze.
From The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe
Because," said Jock, "I'm the rawest rooky in the Berg, Shriner Company.
From Personality Plus Some Experiences of Emma McChesney and Her Son, Jock by Edna Ferber
A great flock of rooks which filled the air with their rooky gossip, was flying straight home to an old gray ruin just visible amongst some ancient trees.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
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