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▪ I. rooker1 rare—1. [f. rook v.1 + -er1.] One who rooks or cheats.
1683Kennett tr. Erasm. on Folly 78 There is a pernicious destructive sort of flattery, wherewith rookers and sharks work their several ends upon such as they make a prey of. ▪ II. ˈrooker2 (See quot.)
1851–3Tomlinson's Cycl. Arts (1867) I. 179/2 The rooker, a tool resembling the letter L, fixed in a wooden handle, for the purpose of drawing out the ashes from the oven. |