Rooks
[ruks]
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of rooks, denotes that while your friends are true, they will not afford you the pleasure and contentment for which you long, as your thoughts and tastes will outstrip their humble conception of life. A dead rook, denotes sickness or death in your immediate future.
Typist: Mag
Examples
- The ragged nests, so long deserted by the rooks, were gone; and the trees were lopped and topped out of their remembered shapes. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The rooks cawed, and blither birds sang; but nothing was so merry or so musical as my own rejoicing heart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Half a dozen young rooks in violent conversation, flew out to ask what the matter was. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The rooks cawed loudly in the trees above; mixed with their hoarse cries I heard a lively strain of music. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The information was unnecessary; for the incessant cawing of the unconscious rooks sufficiently indicated their whereabouts. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Why, in plain English, to frighten the rooks. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Typist: Mag