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Charley was wounded by a saber-wielding Confederate at Roods Hill, Va., on Dec. 20, 1864.

From New York Times • Jul. 24, 2011

If he was arrested we’d bail him out, 80 hurry the trial, and make Kolbeck and Roods try to prove their allegation.

From The Corner House Girls on Palm Island by Gooch, Thelma

He must have taken the short cut through Lunan's close, for at the top of the Roods his voice again made up on me.

From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

The seven and twentieth day died William Roods.

From Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings by Johnston, Mary

Instead of climbing the Roods, however, the nearest way to Nanny's, it went westward, which Gavin, in a reverie, did not notice.

From The Little Minister by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)