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Definition of rooks:
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The position is impossible in the game of chess, because Black could not be given check by both rooks at the same time, nor could he have moved into check on his last move.
- "Amusements in Mathematics", Henry Ernest Dudeney. -
This ain't a ruddy colony of rooks in the nesting season.
- "No Man's Land", H. C. McNeile. -
But once more the smooth gliding of the cushioned car, the soft peace of the meadows so permanently at grass, the churches, mansions, cottages embowered among their elms, the slow- flapping flight of the rooks and crows lulled Felix to quietude, and the faint far muttering of that thunder died away.
- "The Freelands", John Galsworthy.