rookus
(ˈrʊkəs)
[Var. ruckus.]
a. = ruckus.
| 1893 H. A. Shands Some Peculiarities of Speech in Mississippi 53 Rookus, a word signifying a quarrel or row. 1902 ‘O. Henry’ in Ainslee's Mag. Mar. 130/1 He talks all spraddled out..'bout the rookuses he's been in. He claims to have saw the elephant and hearn the owl. 1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters vi. 60 Course there'll be a rookus between him and Joe Tait. |
b. rookus-juice U.S. slang, liquor.
| 1929 Amer. Speech IV. 385 Such terms as rookus juice, third rail,..and bust-head are evidently references to the potency or the effect of the liquor designated. 1942 Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §99/1 Liquor..rinse, rookus-juice, [etc.]. 1951 Western Folklore X. 80 Give me a shot of:..rookus juice. |