robin redbreast
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of robin redbreast
1400–50; late Middle English (Scots); robin, special use of Robin
Example Sentences
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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
It begins precisely at six in the evening, and consists of a blackbird, 55 a thrush, a robin redbreast and a bullfinch.
From Chelsea The Fascination of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
Oh, Kitty, Twig, and Crocus, that robin redbreast story was only meant to fool us!”
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
Ariel's Second Song has been compared with Webster's "Call for the robin redbreast" in The White Devil, but solemn as Webster's dirge is, it tolls, it docs not sing to us.
From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Gosse, Edmund
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