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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : roo k-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʊk i |
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Définition of rookie
Origin :- "raw recruit," 1892 in that spelling, popularized by Kipling's "Barrack-Room Ballads," of uncertain origin, perhaps from recruit, influenced by rook (n.1) in its secondary sense, suggesting "easy to cheat." Barrère ["A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant," 1890] has "Rookey (army), a recruit; from the black coat some of them wear," so perhaps directly from rook (n.1). Came into general use in American English during the Spanish-American War.
- The rapid growth of a word from a single seed transplanted in a congenial soil is one of the curiosities of literature. Take a single instance. A few weeks ago there was not one American soldier in a thousand who knew there was such a word as "rookey." To-day there are few soldiers and ex-soldiers who have not substituted it for "raw recruit." ["The Midland Monthly," December 1898]
- noun novice
- And he wasn't forgetting Keesey, the rookie who'd replaced him.
- Extract from : « The Hoofer » by Walter M. Miller
- "Rookie" is the term by which a new recruit is designated in Army slang.
- Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks » by H. Irving Hancock
- Is it allowable, Sergeant, for a rookie to ask what this is all about?
- Extract from : « Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks » by H. Irving Hancock
- Yet I am convinced that what will best control the Plattsburg rookie is the Plattsburg non-com.
- Extract from : « At Plattsburg » by Allen French
- Then he was just a busher, a rookie, a nobody who had his reputation yet to win.
- Extract from : « Baseball Joe on the Giants » by Lester Chadwick
- A Reservist is a dug-out, a recruit a rookie, and a veteran an old sweat.
- Extract from : « Anecdotes of the Great War » by Carleton Britton Case
- No, admitted the rookie reluctantly, yo nevah tol me nuthin.
- Extract from : « Funny Stories Told By The Soldiers » by Carleton B. Case
- You already are onethat is you are a 44 rookie, which is practically the same thing.
- Extract from : « The Battleship Boys at Sea » by Frank Gee Patchin
- "Yes, Rookie darling," she said, in a tone of drowsy happiness.
- Extract from : « Old Crow » by Alice Brown
- Rookie was sensitive to see, and she found her hand steady to hold the torch.
- Extract from : « Old Crow » by Alice Brown
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