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Definition of Robin redbreast
1. Noun. Small Old World songbird with a reddish breast.
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Erithacus, Genus Erithacus
Definition of Robin redbreast
1. Noun. (British) The European robin. ¹
2. Noun. Any robin. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Robin Redbreast
Literary usage of Robin redbreast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey (1896)
"Robin, robin redbreast, 0 Robin dear! Robin sings so sweetly In the falling of
... Robin, robin redbreast, O Robin dear! And what will this poor Robin do? ..."
2. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey (1879)
"Robin, robin redbreast, O Robin dear! Robin sings so sweetly In the falling of
the year. 2. Bright yellow, red, and orange, The leaves come down in hosts; ..."
3. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1901)
"robin redbreast.1 THE Guardian, No. 61, speaking of the common notion that it is
ominous or ... Of the robin redbreast, says Grey on Shakespeare, ii. ..."
4. A Book of Famous Verse by Agnes Repplier (1892)
"robin redbreast Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine
... Robin, robin redbreast, O Robin dear! Robin sings so sweetly In the ..."
5. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"JOHN WEBSTER 188 CALL FOR THE ROBIN-REDBREAST CALL for the robin-redbreast and
the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover And with leaves and flowers do ..."
6. A Book of Famous Verse by Agnes Repplier (1920)
"Robert Browning, robin redbreast GOOD-BY, good-by to summer! ... Robin, Robin
Redbreast, O Robin dear! Robin sings so sweetly In the falling of the year. ..."
7. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1875)
"robin redbreast cheers me, robin redbreast sings. Its pure odour brings, And the
almond blossoms— robin redbreast sings. When the summer's glory, ..."
8. The Bookman (1907)
"On the morning of this day robin redbreast sat upon a little naked hillock outside
... robin redbreast told the little ones all about that wonderful day of ..."
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