robin redbreast
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of robin redbreast
1400–50; late Middle English (Scots); robin, special use of Robin
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An official announcement will be made on Friday that Aardman is shooting Robin Robin, a family film about a baby robin redbreast that goes missing.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2019
Far too many pastors talk about daffodils and robin redbreast.
From Time Magazine Archive
Beneath, the scene was open and lightsome, and the robin redbreast was chirping his best, to atone for the absence of all other choristers.
From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott
When robin redbreast returns south, he comes driven by the chilly blasts of the Ice King of the north, and I regret to say has to face the Southern people with fear and trembling.
From Rambles with John Burroughs by Robert John de Loach
When eventually the superintendent sat up, he looked like a whiskered robin redbreast.
From Adventures of Bindle by Herbert George Jenkins
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