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rookery

[ UK /ɹˈʊkəɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. a breeding ground for gregarious birds (such as rooks)

How To Use rookery In A Sentence

  • The site of their rookery is a stony flat about a hundred yards from the water, and here are collected between five and six thousand -- all that remain on the island. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914
  • Some were sent out to steal pieces of iron, brass, copper, and old junk; and these Hag Zogbaum would sell or give to the man who kept the junk-shop in Stanton street, known as the rookery at the corner. An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith
  • (Everyone went to 'the private sector' and got their payoffs for their crookery those 8-10 years.) Romney Camp Bashes Massachusetts In New Ad
  • Waxwork depicting Shanghai rookery in late 19th century, Shanghai History Museum, basement of Oriental Pearl Tower.
  • This as their visiting fans acclaimed their team with a volley of applause that would have done justice to a rookery of seals.
  • My mother and I lived in Rookery cottage, along with our servant . Peggotty.
  • Anyone who has camped near a rookery of sooty petrels is aware that they are quite capable of maintaining a sufficiently "babelish confusion" -- the phrase is Camden's -- without any aid from other fowls. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
  • It was called a rookery, one of many in London, but this was as foul a rookery as any the city could boast. Sharpe's Regiment
  • Rooks are the harbingers of spring and many people would love to have a rookery nearby, as we have at Penpergwm.
  • The Rookery is located close to London's trendy restaurants and bars and the area features a lively atmosphere.
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