roo

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He enjoyed it but said the roo was a bit tough (as it always is)!

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  1. Peace; quietness. Allas! for doole what shall y doo? Now mon I neuer haue rest ne roo. York Plays, p. 31.
  2. A Middle English form of roe.
  3. rota, a wheel: see rota.] A wheel. And I salle redily rolle the roo at the gayneste, And reche the riche wyne in rynsede coupes. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), l. 3375.

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  • Although Louis and Charlie chase the roo, they are unable to catch it, and even worse, they crash their truck. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • Your roo is too gnawed up to go near my arse! ok ok ok im joking! ha! —  Documenting Reality
  • Fortunately for them, their friend's car was still driveable after the accident, although the 'roo was a total write off. —  QandO
  • Ah, yes, a roo--at least, it's spelt r-o-u-e, that must be roo all right--but wait till I see what that is that's written across the top--MADELINE MEADOWLARK; OR, ALONE IN A GREAT CITY. —  Further Foolishness
  • Halbert was aye skipping up and down like a roo, and his brother used to sit in the chimney nook with his book and sic-like trash--But the lad was like a loaded hackbut, which will stand in the corner as quiet as an old crutch until ye draw the trigger, and then there is nothing but flash and smoke.--But here comes my prisoner; and, setting other matters aside, I must pray a word with you, Sir Sub-Prior, respecting him. —  The Monastery
 

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  1. Middle English roo, ro, from Anglo-Saxon rōw = Old High German rōa, Middle High German ruo, German ruhe = Icelandic = Danish ro, rest, = Swedish ro, fun, amusement.
  2. Middle English, from Old French roe, roue, from L.
 

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