rooky
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rooky
Example Sentences
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The sky had seemed to darken, the air to thicken, the birds to gather in the "rooky" wood.
From Jeremy by Sir Hugh Walpole
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: 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
They had made camp this night on a rooky promontory, under clear skies and with bright promise for the morrow.
From The Pony Rider Boys in the Rockies Or, the Secret of the Lost Claim by Frank Gee Patchin
Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
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