Lexicographical Neighbors of Rookish
Literary usage of Rookish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1849)
"... aud rookish nobles from the board, to play out the game among themselves.
Constitutions arc woven in a night, and arc swept away like cobwebs by the ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1848)
"... may be called rather ' rookish ;' He ' i good at a joke, and none, loves one
better, So find him out quick, and deliver this letter. ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1849)
"The pawns toss kings and queens, knights, bishops, and rookish nobles from the
board, to play out the game among themselves. Constitutions are woven in a ..."
4. The Knickerbocker; Or, New York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew, Timothy Flint, Washington Irving (1848)
"... some of his * funs' may he called rather ' rookish ; ' He '« good at a joke,
and none lores one better, So find him out quick, and deliver this letter. ..."
5. Central Asia: Travels in Cashmere, Little Tibet and Central Asia by Bayard Taylor (1874)
"These, however, are very ^^-Lalla rookish in appearance, not being distinguishable
from beds of reeds and rushes. Their construction is extremely simple, ..."
6. Around the Clock in Europe: A Travel-sequence by Charles Fish Howell (1912)
"The roofs let in the rain — but how rookish and rickety they are. The battered
doors are low — but they have knockers that are ponderous and imposing. ..."
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