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rowling1
- archaicgerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of rowl (“roll”)
There stood a Hill not far whose griesly top / Belch'd fire and rowling smoak
1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 670–1Synonyms: rolling
Rowling2
- A surname.
- J. K. Rowling, author of Harry Potter.
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The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series.
2008 May 30, Felicia R. Lee, “Harry Potter Prequel for Charity”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023
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rowling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rowling
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