rook rifle

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rook rifle

noun rook rifles

historical An English single-shot dropping block or break-action small-calibre rifle for shooting rooks and rabbits. In St. James's Street there used to be several shops which would sell you any form of lethalness, from a rook-rifle to an elephant-gun, with the greatest urbanity.
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@misc{rook_rifle_2026,
  title = {rook rifle},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rook%20rifle},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}