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]

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