rook
noun
a black, European crow, Corvus frugilegus, noted for its gregarious habits.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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Good Sir, no more Cautions; you, unlike a fair Gamester, will rook me out of half my Night—I am impatient— Sir Cau.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague