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ˌcock-ˈrobin
a. The male Robin; usually as a familiar or pet name.
b. slang. See quots.
c1699B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Cock-robin, a soft, easy fellow [1785 so in Grose Dict. Vulgar Tongue]. a1800Nursery Chap-book, Who killed Cock-Robin? 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 334 Little turfy hillocks..which I used to call Cock-Robins' graves. 1860G. H. K. Vacat. Tour 166 A starving cock-robin. 1873Slang Dict., Cock-robin shop, a small printing-office, where cheap and nasty work is done and low wages are paid. |