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ˈrookle, v. dial. var. of rootle v. Hence ˈrookler; ˈrookling ppl. a.
1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! viii, Such were then the pigs of Devon: not to be compared with the..game-flavoured little rooklers. 1857― Two Y. Ago II. 70 Rookling in their drains, like an old sow. 1865― Poems, Martin Lightfoot's Song, To the rookling sow took he. |