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rookery

noun

Meaning

  1. A colony of breeding birds or other animals.
  2. A crowded tenement.
  3. A place where criminals congregate, often an area of a town or city.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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