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▪ I. ˈrooking, vbl. n.1
[f. rook v.1 + -ing1.]
The act or practice of cheating or defrauding.
1652Brome Damoiselle iv. i, Though cheating there, and Rooking be as free As there is square play at the Ordinaries. 1707Reflex. upon Ridicule 266 They consider themselves as in the Enemies Country, and think that Rooking is a kind of Lawful Profession. 1825C. Westmacott Eng. Spy II. 235 Most passive pigeon that ever submitted to rooking. 1936Sat. Even. Post 19 Dec. 11/1 What else could we do but quit? Mel wasn't treatin' you square. Can you deny it? I won't speak for myself, though I was gettin' a fancy rookin', too, singin' and all. 1955Sun (Baltimore) 10 Sept. 6/4 They submit to a rooking involving thousands of dollars.
attrib.1659Invisible John made Visible 4 The Tower, formerly a noble and unexpensive Prison, is..rendered a rooking Pinfold. a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. 1716 III. 287 This rooking Trick,..to dodge and shuffle with God.
▪ II. ˈrooking, vbl. n.2
[f. rook n.1]
The driving away of rooks from fields.
1883Harper's Mag. April 652 Other items are..weeding, and rooking, or employing a boy to drive away the rooks.
▪ III. ˈrooking, ppl. a.
[f. rook v.1]
Cheating, swindling, dishonest.
16..Robin Conscience 16, I walkt into St. Georges Field, Where rooking Rascals I beheld. 1641Milton Reform. i. Wks. (1851) III. 14 A band of rooking Officials, with cloke bagges full of Citations. 1680Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) 9 A Crown the Rooking-winner lent him..to bear his charges homewards. 1934Dylan Thomas 18 Poems 20 A rooking girl who stole me for her side. |