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crook as Rookwood
extremely ill. [from Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney]
Contributor's comments: Rookwood is a cemetery in Sydney so if you are as "crook as Rookwood" you aren't feeling too good. Used by my older pre-war relatives when they have a hangover: "I'm as crook as rookwood mate!"
Contributor's comments: Grandfather (born 1915) & dad (born 1934) both feel as crook as Rookwood when they have the flu (Central Western NSW).
Contributor's comments: I moved from Sydney to Brisbane & found to my surprise that crook as Rookwood had become so much a part of my language but obviously was incomprehensible to Bris citizens. I miss not being able to use it !
Contributor's comments: Having a large number of relatives buried there, if a person was "as crook as rookwood" they had died.
crook as rookwood
rookwood is a cemetery in sydney so if you are as "crook as rookwood" you aren't feeling to good. Used by my older pre war relatives when they have a hangover: I'm as crook as rookwood mate!