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单词 rook-boy
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rook-boy
rook-boy n. now historical a boy employed in scaring rooks from corn.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > [noun] > driving away birds > bird-scarer
crow-keeper1562
field keeper1620
bird-boy1786
crow-herd1805
bird-minder1828
crow-minder1837
rook-boy1856
crow-boy1868
tenting-lad1877
tent-boy1888
tending boy1898
scarer1930
1856 Times 10 Jan. 6/4 He is about 17 years of age, and he holds the responsible office of rook-boy.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) Index Rook Boy.
1991 Past & Present May 109 A Hernhill teacher complained of the unruliness of the rook-boys once they had returned to school.
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