robbin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Why is a thief called a "jail-bird?"—Because he has been a "robbin."
Meynell advised that they should all unite in sending a round robbin to Lady Mabel, begging her to smile upon their colonel, and put him in an amiable mood.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru
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'.
From The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 by McNeil, Everett
An igstrawnary tail I vill tell you this veek— I stood in the Court of A'Beckett the Beak, Vere Mrs. Jane Roney, a vidow, I see, Who charged Mary Brown with a robbin of she.
From Ballads by Thackeray, William Makepeace
He says there's been too many robbin pies.
From The Admiral's Caravan by Birch, Reginald Bathurst
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