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Definition of Robbin
1. n. A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds.
2. n. See Ropeband.
Definition of Robbin
1. Proper noun. (surname patronymic from=given names) ¹
2. Noun. A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. ¹
3. Noun. (nautical) (alternative form of ropeband) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Robbin
1. a roband [n -S] - See also: roband
Lexicographical Neighbors of Robbin
Literary usage of Robbin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society by Massachusetts Historical Society (1884)
"where he is, but he would not, I then askt him if he was not Robbin Vassal], (for
I mistrusted it was he) and upon that he laughed and said his name was not ..."
2. The Roxburghe Ballads by William Chappell (1874)
"From Oberon in Fairy Land the King of Ghosts and shadowes there, Mad Robbin I at
his command, am sent to view the night-sports here What revell rout Is kept ..."
3. Ingleside Rhaims: Verses in the Dialect of Burns by Jeremiah Eames Rankin (1887)
"Auld Robbin, he carried Us twa on his back, That day we were married; Nor halted
nor tarried, Nor needed a crack, Auld Robbin, he's nibblet Frae ilk o' the ..."
4. The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia by John Mactaggart (1876)
"But O, they're darling boys for a', ^Robbin Bcll—anA ... Sat chirping out their
wail, The tane o' them was the Robbin ..."
5. Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes by Lina Eckenstein (1906)
"In the collection of the piece stands as follows:— I We will go to the wood, says
Robbin to Bobbin, We will go to the wood, says Richard to Robbin, ..."
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