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Definition of Ragged robin
1. Noun. Common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals.
Generic synonyms: Catchfly, Lychnis
Definition of Ragged robin
1. Noun. (U.K.) A type of wild campion, ''Lychnis flos-cuculi'', in the family Caryophyllaceae, which grows across Europe and has pink flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ragged Robin
Literary usage of Ragged robin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Days and Deeds: A Book of Verse for Children's Reading and Speaking by Elizabeth Shepard Butler Stevenson (1906)
"O ragged robin! your coat of blue Lets the sun and the rain come through. ...
Sturdier rascals never were yet— ragged robin and Bouncing Bet. ..."
2. Study & Stage: A Year-book of Criticism by William Archer (1899)
"... "ragged robin LET me make a clean breast of it at once : I am violently
prejudiced against ragged robin. If I had my will, I should say, " Va, ..."
3. Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for Children by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1895)
"ragged robin. A MAN of taste is Robinet, A dandy, spruce and trim! Whoe'er would
dainty fashions set, Should go and look at him. ..."
4. The Century (1902)
"ragged robin and Bouncing Bet. BY the roadside, rain or shine, ... О ragged robin !
your coat of blue Lets the sun and the rain come through. ..."
5. Beyond the Mountain by Sarah Phelps Stokes Halkett (1917)
"ragged robin the Cuckoo Flower " Wild ragged robin, go away,— You're too untidy
here to ... Poor ragged robin, always torn^ Was now of beauty sadly shorn, ..."
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