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rookings

rookings is the plural of rooking.

Meaning of rooking

Noun

rooking (plural rookings)

  1. An act or instance of cheating or swindling.
    • Wide-eyed, staring up into the darkness, he pondered the problem of giving Babe a well-deserved rooking.1957 May, Jim Thompson, Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense Magazine, page 14, column 1

Questions about rookings

What is rookings the plural of?
Rookings is the plural of rooking.

Words near rookings in the dictionary

  1. rookielike
  2. rookier
  3. rookies
  4. rookiest
  5. rooking
  6. rookings
  7. rookish
  8. rookless
  9. rooklet
  10. rooklets
  11. rooklike

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