Robin Goodfellow
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Even if Robin Goodfellow isn’t here to invite mischief into the lives of lovers and friends, there will be other tricksters and spirits to take his place.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2022
Shakespeare buffs will recognize Robin Goodfellow, Moth and Oberon, continuing their machinations from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” with a little plot help from “Much Ado About Nothing.”
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2021
In addition to the obvious homages to Shakespeare’s most quoted play, then, we have the witchy “Macbeth” reference and — in a character named Robin Goodfellow — a nod to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2021
Puck, of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” was also known as Robin Goodfellow.
From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2018
"Either I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Called Robin Goodfellow."
From A Butterfly on the Wheel by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger
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