rook

How to use rook in a sentence

Beryn was 'in hevy plyghte,' when he only lost a rook for nothing; Tale of Beryn, 1812.

The Consul had a good rook-rifle with him; and the kavass, a Serb by nationality, was a very good shot with it.

"Hear, hear," said everybody except the crow, who hated the rook.

WOOD MAGICRICHARD JEFFERIES

Luke is, doubtless, the stray rook, and a fledgeling hath flown hither from a distant country.

ROOKWOODWILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH

He was mounted on his old horse, Rook, and looked grim and haggard as a ghost vanishing at the crowing of the cock.

ROOKWOODWILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH

A shadow sweeps rapidly over the grass—it is that of a rook which has flown between us and the sun.

And all these thoughts because the passing shadow of a rook caused the eye to gaze upwards into the deep azure of the sky.

The Rook lays four or five eggs of a pale green colour, spotted and blotched with greenish or smoky brown.

In some instances, like those of the Rook, they are found quite blue, minus spots.

Set you down to a rook-pie, and you will engulf a dozen unfortunates before you bury your visage in the pewter.

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JUNE 22, 2021

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