"at rovers" meaning in All languages combined

See at rovers on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

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  1. (obsolete) At casual marks; hence, at random. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-at_rovers-en-prep_phrase-HeoVwR1x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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          "text": "shooting at rovers"
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          "ref": "1551 Raphe Robynson translation of Thomas More's Utopia T. F. Didbin's 1808 edition, Vol.2 Ch.9 p.161",
          "text": "Bound down on every side with many bands because it shall not run at rovers."
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          "ref": "1726, Joseph Addison, Dialogues upon the usefulness of ancient medals: Especially in relation to the Latin and Greek poets",
          "text": "You must always give your men of great reading leave to show their talents on the meanest subjects, says Eugenius ; it is a kind of shooting at rovers : where a man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim, to show his strength.",
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