robin redbreast
noun
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Origin of robin redbreast
1400–50; late Middle English (Scots); robin, special use of Robin
Words nearby robin redbreast
robin, Robin Goodfellow, robing room, Robin Hood, robinia, robin redbreast, robin's-egg blue, Robinson, Robinson Crusoe, Robinson index, Robinson, Jackie
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Example sentences from the Web for robin redbreast
I did not mean to trouble her, but I was determined not to lose the chance of being Brother of Pity to a robin-redbreast.
Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men|Juliana Horatia Gatty EwingAnd so to December and the end of the year, which the robin-redbreast always sings out with a happy Christmas carol.
Birds of the wave and woodland|Phil (Philip Stewart) RobinsonThen was it the beetles who were burying the robin-redbreast?
Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men|Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing