Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A short piece of spun-yarn, rope-yarn, or sennit, used to fasten the head of a sail to the yard or gaff by passing several turns through the eyelet-hole in the sail and around the jackstay.
- noun The spring of a carriage.
- noun In com., the package in which Ceylonese and other dry goods, as pepper, are imported. The Malabar robbin of rice weighs 84 pounds.
- noun An occasional spelling of
robin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) See
ropeband . - noun (Com.) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The
robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A kind of
package in whichpepper and other drycommodities are sometimesexported from the East Indies. - noun nautical Alternative form of
ropeband .
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Examples
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"William," appealed 'Lizabeth, "I've never had no thought o' robbin 'you. "
I Saw Three Ships and Other Winter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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An 'we know, if they hadn't a-ben watchin' us an 'a tryin' tew git hold of that thar skin map, they wouldn't have found out 'bout Dickson's gold an 'did th' robbin '.
The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895
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This makes us sort of respons'ble for th 'robbin'; an ', I reckon, it's up tew us tew try an' make good what th 'Dicksons lost on
The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 Everett McNeil 1895
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Thou's tramplin 'on t' owd shipperd an 'robbin' him o 'his callin'; and there's fowks makkin 'brass i' t 'towns that'll seean be robbin' thee o 'thy lands.
Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895
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For four 'eart-rendin' weeks your servants has been carryin 'on below stairs an' robbin 'you somethin' shameful. "
The Definite Object A Romance of New York Jeffery Farnol 1915
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"A night for murder an 'arson an' robbin 'graveyards!
Six Feet Four Jackson Gregory 1912
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And I be robbin 'him of his links, and if he don't like it, I'll cut him to bits and feed his liver and lights to the gulls, so I will.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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But, you know, it isn't like I was out robbin 'people.
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You'll have to pay your legitimate import duties same as any other trader with mind intent on robbin 'the gentle
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"The stagecoach is robbin 'us," said Reverend Howell.
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n. A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.
August 11, 2015