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rookus|ˈrʊkəs|
[Var. ruckus.]
a. = ruckus.
1893H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi 53 Rookus, a word signifying a quarrel or row. 1902‘O. Henry’ in Ainslee's Mag. Mar. 130/1 He talks all spraddled out..'bout the rookuses he's been in. He claims to have saw the elephant and hearn the owl. 1924W. M. Raine Troubled Waters vi. 60 Course there'll be a rookus between him and Joe Tait.
b. rookus-juice U.S. slang, liquor.
1929Amer. Speech IV. 385 Such terms as rookus juice, third rail,..and bust-head are evidently references to the potency or the effect of the liquor designated. 1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §99/1 Liquor..rinse, rookus-juice, [etc.]. 1951Western Folklore X. 80 Give me a shot of:..rookus juice. |