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rooky

[ rook-ee ]

adjective

rookier, rookiest.
  1. full of or frequented by rooks. rook.


rooky

/ ˈ°ùÊŠ°ìɪ /

adjective

  1. literary.
    abounding in rooks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of rooky1

First recorded in 1595–1605; rook 1 + -y 1
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Example Sentences

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But ease of the Internet aside, first time business owners are prone to rooky mistakes.

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Grillo has faced growing dissent among his rooky lawmakers, many of whom resent his authoritarian style and political strategy of uncompromising opposition.

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He found a refuge at a Bay Area used-record store, Rooky Ricardo’s.

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New York: Rooky's Triumph New Yorkers overwhelmingly approved the biggest bond issue ever proposed anywhere�$2.5 billion to revitalize the state's highways, airports, commuter railroads and city subways.

But Rooky Bates, whose wife deserted him and who tried to settle down with what he calls an "unmarried wife," feels differently about life in peacetime.

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