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Saatkrähe
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Rook
- (v. i.) To squat; to ruck.
- (n.) One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.
- (n.) Mist; fog. See Roke.
- (n.) A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.
- (n.) A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species.
- (v. t. & i.) To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
Synonyms:
Castle, Con, Defraud, Diddle, Gyp, Mulct, Swindle, Victimize,
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• Rookery
- (n.) A breeding place of other gregarious birds, as of herons, penguins, etc.
- (n.) A dilapidated building with many rooms and occupants; a cluster of dilapidated or mean buildings.
- (n.) The breeding ground of seals, esp. of the fur seals.
- (n.) The breeding place of a colony of rooks; also, the birds themselves.
- (n.) A brothel.
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misty, perquisite, brightness, spinster, dross, starch, stingy, enfranchise, cosine, enticing, insubordinate, stimulate, demureness, vanquish, plasterwork, hustler, afterlife, deprive, aft, dam, supervising, necklace, affirmative, boar, evil, operate, affiliate, affianced, affective, bash, fudge, brutality, |
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Sparkle, Thank, Feel, You, Love, Kiss, Weaken, Be, Glitter, Blend, I, Do, Go, Abash, Dark, Slash, Boy, Shorten, Endure, Bride, Trend, Girl, Abbreviate, Dedicate, Romance, Sparkling, Father, Gash, Feeling, Run, Thanks, Abductor, |
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