| 单词 | rook-scaring |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrook-scaring rook-scaring n. ΚΠ 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk II. xx. 44 By a preconcerted signal a loud and general hurrah! rent the air, accompanied by a discharge of rockets,..and even those dangerous old fowling-pieces which are entrusted to the boys who go out rook-scaring. 1895 ‘Rosemary’ Under Chilterns i. 20 The poor child ain't fit for sech work as that there rewk-scarin' this weather. 1969 G. E. Evans Farm & Village v. 55 Some called it bird-keeping or bird-tending—keeping the birds off the newly sown land—while others referred to it simply as rook-scaring. 1992 P. Glazebrook Journey to Khiva (1996) vi. 214 Boys in the England of those days were obliged to miss school if hands were needed for rook-scaring. < as lemmas |
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