Talk:rookery

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Rfv-sense - place where criminals congregate. SemperBlotto 12:14, 13 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

The OED does give the sense "a cluster of mean tenements densely populated by people of the lowest class", which may be in the neighbourhood (no pun intended). -- WikiPedant 03:46, 15 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
cited, I think. DCDuring TALK 04:48, 15 May 2009 (UTC)Reply
Yes, looks good. The first two quotes themselves, without context, are ambiguous, but I checked the books, and agree with your conclusions as to their meaning. Thanks! —RuakhTALK 20:57, 16 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

RFV passed.RuakhTALK 03:06, 18 August 2009 (UTC)Reply