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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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ROOKIT, adj.? The word is nonce and of uncertain authenticity, prob. formed to rhyme with brookit, but phs. suggested by riggit s.v. Rig, n.¹Abd. 1948 Sandy Candy (Montgomerie) 54:
Foo mony hoggies hiv ye the day? A black and a brookit, a reid and a rookit.