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  • 11Rookery Building — Infobox nrhp2 name =Rookery Building nhl=yes designated other1 name= Chicago Landmark designated other1 date= July 5 1972 designated other1 abbr= CL designated other1 link= Chicago Landmark designated other1 color= #aaccff caption =Rookery… …

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  • 12Rookery (slum) — A rookery (also sometimes described as a stew) was the colloquial British English name historically given to a city slum or ghetto frequented by poor people, criminals and prostitutes. Such areas were often overcrowded, with poor quality housing… …

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  • 13Rookery (disambiguation) — A rookery is a colony of breeding animals.Rookery may also refer to:* Rookery (slum), a city slum or ghetto frequented by poor people, criminals and prostitutes * Rookery Building, a historic landmark located in the Loop community area of Chicago …

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  • 14Rookery Building — 41°52′44.6″N 87°37′55.6″O / 41.879056, 87.632111 Le Rookery Building est un monument historique situé dans le quartier du Loop …

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  • 15Rookery Mound — Infobox nrhp name = Rookery Mound caption = location = Monroe County, Florida nearest city = Everglades City lat degrees = 25 lat minutes = 27 lat seconds = 46 lat direction = N long degrees = 80 long minutes = 52 long seconds = 36 long direction …

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  • 16rookery — noun (plural eries) Date: circa 1712 1. a. the nests or breeding place of a colony of rooks; also a colony of rooks b. a breeding ground or haunt especially of gregarious birds or mammals (as penguins or seals); also a colony of such birds or… …

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  • 17rookery — /rook euh ree/, n., pl. rookeries. 1. a breeding place or colony of gregarious birds or animals, as penguins and seals. 2. a colony of rooks. 3. a place where rooks congregate to breed. 4. a crowded tenement house. [1715 25; ROOK1 + ERY] * * * …

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  • 18rookery — noun a) A colony of breeding birds or other animals. b) A crowded tenement …

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  • 19rookery — Synonyms and related words: Augean stables, birthplace, breeding place, brooder, cradle, dump, forcing bed, hatchery, hole, hotbed, hovel, incubator, nest, nidus, nursery, pesthole, pigpen, pigsty, plague spot, slum, stable, sty, tenement, the… …

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  • 20rookery — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. colony, breeding ground, breeding place, communal nest, haunt …

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