Once, presumably, this quadrangle with its smooth lawns, its massive buildings, and the chapel itself was marsh too, where the grasses waved and the swine rootled.
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Rootle
//ˈɹuːtəl//
Synonyms for "rootle" (4 found)
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Removing internal fences allowed the wild Exmoor ponies and Tamworth pigs he introduced to browse and rootle over large distances, their disruptions creating habitats for other animals and plants.
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1908, Rudyard Kipling, “Regulus” 'There's a tin of cocoa in my study somewhere,' Perowne shouted after him. 'Rootle round till you find it, and take it up.'
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Bathed and changed, she rootled out Lambie from the bottom of her wardrobe.'
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