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Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.
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A trimming in front of a dress.
Examples of robin in a Sentence
They saw the mother robin flying about, and crying to her mate.
Of song birds the favourites are the robin, thrushes, bobolink, oriole, chickadee, meadow-lark, cat-bird, bluebird, wrens and warblers.
I heard a robin in the distance, the first I had heard for many a thousand years, methought, whose note I shall not forget for many a thousand more--the same sweet and powerful song as of yore.
The oldest mention of Robin Hood at present known occurs in the second edition - what is called the B text - of Piers the Plowman, the date of which is about 1377.
In the rolls of parliament of 1437 mention is made of Piers Venables, a robber who took to the woods "like as it had been Robin Hood and his meyne."
A phœbe soon built in my shed, and a robin for protection in a pine which grew against the house.
The Oregon robin (Merula naevia) and the Oregon snowbird (Junco Oregonus) are common in Oregon and northward.
The rebellion was headed by well-known adherents of the earl, and the nickname of Robin of Redesdale seems to have covered the personality of his kinsman Sir John Conyers.
They form, with the exception of Henryson's Robin and Makyn, the earliest examples of the English pastoral.
Robin Hood and the Monk and Guy of Gisborne are perhaps the best.
Of the ballads themselves, Robin Hood and the Monk is possibly as old as the reign of Edward II.
Robin is not anti English or anti any nationality.
There are many insectivorous birds; among the song birds are the hermit thrush, the wood thrush, the Wilson's thrush, the brown thrasher, the bobolink, the catbird, the oven bird, the house wren, the song sparrow, the fox sparrow, the vesper sparrow, the white-throated sparrow (Peabody bird), the goldfinch and the robin.
In 1905 an art pottery was established for making "crystal patina" and "robin's egg blue" wares, in imitation, to a certain extent, of old oriental pottery, and Clifton India ware, in imitation of pottery made by the American Indians.
The song-birds are well represented in the hermit thrush, wood thrush, Wilson's thrush (or veery), brown thrasher, robin, blue bird, bobolink, meadow lark, gold finch, &c. Among the game birds are the ruffed grouse (partridge), quail, prairie hen and wild turkey.
Swift, in his reply, abused him for his want of manners in giving a gentleman the lie, answered his arguments seriatim, and declared that the evidence of the publication of another almanac was wholly irrelevant, "for Gadbury, Poor Robin, Dove and Way do yearly publish their almanacs, though several of them have been dead since before the Revolution."
Among the birds of the island are the eagle, hawk, petrel, owl, finch, peewit, diamond bird, fire-tail, robin, emu-wren, crow, swallow, magpie, blackcap, goatsucker, quail, ground dove, parrot, lark, mountain thrush, cuckoo, wattlebird, whistling duck, honeybird, Cape Barren goose, penguin duck, waterhen, snipe, albatross and laughing jackass.
Among game-birds there are a few wild turkeys, wild geese and bob-white (locally " partridge "), and greater numbers of grouse and various ducks; among song-birds the robin, bluebird and mocking-bird are common; and there are also woodpeckers, whippoorwills, blackbirds, hawks, owls, crows and buzzards.
He was the Robin Hood of Literature, stealing from the education paid for by the rich and giving to the poor who lacked the skills and resources to complete their homework.
It's at times like this I lament the loss of people like Robin Cook.
A Robin Hood festival takes place each summer, offering the spectacle of jousting, archery and falconry.
Damper areas support species such as meadowsweet, ragged robin, water avens, lady's mantle and meadow fescue.
This is why Robin Hood and all the social bandits who succeeded him were so popular.
The herbaceous composition predominantly consists of marsh bedstraw, meadowsweet and ragged robin.
These medium-sized mill towns breed a sordid viciousness which makes gangsters seem as benign as Robin Hood and the East Side a cultural paradise.
Robin has promised a drink of your choice for the first bittern sighting, so I'll be watching.
Contents Winter Clouded with snow The bleak winds blow, And shrill on leafless bough The robin with its burning breast Alone sings now.
On their return Madge dispatched Daisy to her bed with a mug of hot cocoa, whither Robin followed twenty minutes later.
Bob and I also concocted various reader participation stories such as " Who Killed Cockney Robin?
Tony Blair and Robin Cook have underlined that the white paper is genuinely consultative.
The contract team is lead by Robin Widdison from Durham, an experienced first generation courseware developer.
Oh, my child, then, in your gratitude, throw a few crumbs to the poor little robin redbreast!
Robin Cook was instructed by Blair to sell weapons to the genocidal rulers of Indonesia and then demoted.
Robin Tennant, Glasgow During the 1970s a Sun cartoonist depicted striking workers as greedy, grasping, lazy, selfish and brainless.
Ian had the wrong diff in, but couldn't be bothered to change it, whilst Robin was feeling his way back in.
Sir Robin ably and disarmingly referred to his own disinclination to be a public speaker.
Even war wobblers Clare Short and Robin Cook were run by the damning proof contained in the 50-page dossier.
Service technician Lewis Jackson, of Robin Hood Watersports, believes regular servicing often proves more economical than repair following a breakdown.
When he gets even more excitable he reminds you of Robin Williams.
While Walter cut firewood, Robin and Roy cleared away the snow, using their snow-shoes as shovels, and prepared their meal.
And thanks to Robin for also flagging up Polly's piece and our petition this morning.
The marshy areas of these fields stand out with colorful flag iris, ragged robin and water forget-me-nots.
As Robin says, how many of those INS detainees were held as a result of this, or some less deliberate bureaucratic foul-up?
The format was to play two foursomes and five singles on each day of a round robin play off.
Robin Hopper had seen two parties of 10 whimbrel on Cayton Carr along with a single black-tailed godwit.
The much loved wife of Dan, devoted mother of Michael and Robin, and dearest grandmother of Jonathan and Emma.
Robin is a " motivational guru " and speaks at a variety of international business conferences.
Wounded healers tend to talk intrusively about their own problems in the consulting room - like Robin Williams in " Good Will Hunting " .
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The Robin is often present mostly taking leftovers from the ground.