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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Consisting or made of rock or rocky material. archaic

   "[…] Don't talk ov housen all o' brick, / Wi' rocken walls nine inches thick, […]"

Synonyms

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stonenstonen

Example

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"[…] Don't talk ov housen all o' brick, / Wi' rocken walls nine inches thick, […]"

Etymology

From Middle English rochen, equivalent to rocke, roche + -en.

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