Robin Hoodn.

Brit.

/ˌrɒbɪn ˈhʊd/, U.S.

/ˈrɑbən ˌ(h)ʊd/

Forms: Middle English Roben Hode, Middle English Robyne Hood (in a late copy), Middle English–1500s Robyn Hod, Middle English–1600s Robin Hode, Middle English–1600s Robyn Hode, Middle English–1600s Robyn Hood, 1500s Robyn Hoode, 1500s–1600s Roben Hood, 1500s–1600s Robin Hoode, 1500s– Robbin Hood, 1500s– Robin Hood, 1800s– rabbin 'ood (English regional (south-western)); also Scottish pre-1700 Robein Hoode, pre-1700 Robene Hoid, pre-1700 Robene Houd, pre-1700 Robene Hude, pre-1700 Robene Huid, pre-1700 Robeyn Hwde, pre-1700 Robin Hude, pre-1700 Robin Huid, pre-1700 Robyne Hude, pre-1700 Robyn Hude.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Robin Hood.

Etymology: < Robin Hood, the name of a legendary medieval English outlaw, whether fictional or real is unclear. For discussion of the evidence for a possible historical basis for this figure, see Oxf. Dict. National Biogr. at Hood, Robin. Compare robin n.¹Attested in various forms as a surname in England from the second half of the 13th cent.; compare William Robehod' (1260–2 of an individual described as a fugitive and elsewhere called Willelmus filius Roberti le Fevere, where Robehod apparently serves as a nickname or byname), and also John Rabunhod (1272), Gilbert Robehod (1286), William Robynhod (1295), etc. A relatively large number of individuals known as Robert or Robin Hood (and variants) is also recorded in England from at least the early 13th cent., but none can be identified with the legendary figure with any certainty.

1. A legendary English outlaw, popular from medieval times, who, according to tradition, stole from the rich to give to the poor. Hence allusively: an outlaw or bandit, esp. a gallant one. More generally: any person who acts illegally or irregularly for the benefit of the poor, esp. by taking money from the rich. †a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hood: an extravagant or fantastic story (obsolete).

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind

a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hoodc1400

tale of a tub1532

Canterbury tale or story?a1550

romanza1622

romance1638

onea1642

Robin Hood tale1653

cock-and-bull story1670

stretcher1674

whid1794

fish-story1819

snake story1826

screamer1831

twister1834

ráiméis1835

Munchausen1840

skyscraper1840

Munchausenism1848

cock1851

snake yarn1891

furphy1916

fanny1930

the old ackamarackus1933

windy1933

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun]

brigand1421

snaphance1539

thief errant1553

freebooter1570

filibuster1591

bandit1594

Robin Hood1597

mosser1651

moss-trooper1651

free-rider1821

cateran1870

society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief > one who aids poor irregularly

hoggler1465

hoggener1488

Robin Hood1931

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 402 I can rymes [v.r. Romaunces] of Robyn hood and Randolf erle of Chestre.

1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §30. m. 9 Piers Venables..with many other unknowyn..in manere of insurrection, wente into the wodes in that contre, like as it hadde be Robynhode and his meyne.

a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 189 (MED) Þey han..leuer to heryn a tale or a song of Robyn Hood or of som rybaudye þan to heryn messe.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxxiii^v Fables and Iestis of Robyn hode Or other tryfyls that skantly ar so gode.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vii. l. 3523 Litil Ihon and Robyne Hude..In Yngil-wode and Barnysdale Thai oysyd all this tyme thare trawale.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. L^v Tales of Robyn hoode are good among fooles.

a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 59^v Many A man spekith..Of Robyne hood and his bowe whiche never shott therin, I trowe.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. G4 Lastly,..they cry out with an open mouth, as if they out shot Robin Hood.

1597 Carew MSS. (1869) 273 Sundry loose persons, as some of the M^cShees..and others, became Robin Hoods, and slew some of the Undertakers.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 181 Hugh MacGuyer Lord of Fermanagh, and the first Robinhood of this great rebellion.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. iii. 36 Let vs proceed to a point..which will seeme to many a strange Paradox, or a tale of Robin Hood.

1791 T. Paine Rights of Man 120 A certain something forbids him to look back to a beginning, lest some robber or some Robin Hood should rise from the long obscurity of time, and say, I am the origin.

1826 H. Smith Brambletye House I. ii. 48 Who are you, my pretty page?.. And who is the father that owns so dapper a Robin Hood?

1875 F. Hall in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. 15 343/2 It was a notorious freebooter, a Hindu Robin Hood, that I had dropped upon.

1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark v. 96 This Catti..robbed especially rich men..but spared the Church and the poor—a shabby Robin Hood.

1948 G. V. Galwey Lift & Drop iv. 70 Strip cartoons relating the adventures of Hugh Stinton the Robin Hood of private enquiry agents.

1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xi. 119 I still had a little bit of the Robin Hood in me.

2002 Pacific Affairs 75 650 John Sidel's portrayal of the gangsters confounds the popular idea of such hoodlums as Philippine Robin Hoods.

2. historical in later use.

a. The character of Robin Hood in the morris dance or May game; the person who plays this character. Cf. Maid Marian n.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [noun] > specific character

Robin Hood1473

wantonness1507

vice1552

pantaloon1592

iniquity1597

burratinea1637

scaramouch1662

Pierrot1726

gracioso1749

eiron1872

alazon1911

toby1946

1473 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 461 I haue kepyd hym thys iij yere to pleye Seynt Jorge and Robynhod and the shryff off Notyngham.

1531 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 432 The v day of Aprile, for vj quarteris gray taffatis of Jeynes to be ane parte of the kingis Robene Hudis baner.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Xv^v Syr thys is a busye daye wyth vs,..it is Robyn hoodes daye.

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 23/1 God will not haue us occupied like little children in puppets or hobbie-horses, as players and Robin hoodes.

1589 Hay, any Work for a Cooper 3 Hearing either the Sommer Lord with his Maie game, or Robin Hood with his Morrice daunce going by the Church.

1616 R. Niccols Londons Artillery ix. 87 This worthy practise,..when her Robin Hood Had wont each yeare..to leade his yong men out.

1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon i. 7 I am not Affear'd of your green Robin-hoods, that fright With fiery club your pitifull Spectators.

1797 G. Chalmers Apol. Believers in Shakspeare-papers ix. 340 Henry viii, on May-day, in the morning, with Queen Katherine, and many lords, and ladies..were entertained by Robin Hood, and his men, to their great contentment.

1831 H. Smith Festivals, Games & Amusements xviii. 220 Sometimes we have a lady of the May, simply with a Friar Tuck; and in later times a Maid Marian remained without even a Robin Hood or a Friar.

1874 W. F. Collier Tales of Old Eng. Life (1878) iv. 185 Bold Robin Hood..took by the hand the smooth-cheeked youth who personated Maid Marian, and led him forward with mock reverence to present him to the Queen.

1920 Q. Jrnl. Univ. N. Dakota 10 423 While the disguise did not fundamentally affect the [Morris] dance, it accounts for the introduction into it of figures such as the hobby-horse, Bavian, and Robin Hood.

1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 252 The heads so frequently carved in churches, with leaves around them,..represent the Green Man, the Jack-in-the-Green, or Robin Hood or King of May, the sacrificial victim.

2006 P. Parrinder Nation & Novel vii. 148 A mummers' performance including a Robin Hood and a Maid Marian.

b. A May game or similar entertainment in which Robin Hood is the leading character. rare in later use.

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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > specific play

Robin Hood1519

1519 Kingston-upon-Thames Churchwardens' Accts. (Surrey CRO KG 2/2/1) 92 Item resayued of the maye game & Robyn Hode iii li xij s iiij d.

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 157 For the raschall multitude war stirred up to mak a Robene Hude quhilk enormitie wes of mony yeiris..dampnit by statute.

1578 Gen. Assembly in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 45/1 All kynd of insolent playis, as King of May, Robin Hood, and sick others, in the moneth of May, played either be bairnes at the schools, or others.

1670 R. L'Estrange Toleration Discuss'd ii. xxx. 336 Did not the Kirk Excommunicate the whole Multitude for a Robin-Hood?

1951 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 64 272 These characters..may have all participated in a single performance, whether a Morris Dance or a Robin Hood.

†3. Used punningly: a kind of hood. Obsolete.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hood > other

chaperonec1380

capadosc1400

riding hood1459

fool's hood1509

French hood1533

capuchon1604

Robin Hood1620

purse-hood1623

poke1632

mazarine hood1689

Nithsdale1716

rain hood1761

calash1774

capeline1868

bashlik1881

hood1897

pixie hood1939

1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster v. 60 Let not..your robbin-hood scarlet and Iohns, tie your affections in durance to your shops.

1629 Wine, Beere, & Ale sig. C2 You shall..bee allowed a Robin-hood, or Mother Red-cap, to hang at your doore, to beckon in Customers.

4. As a plant name. See also Compounds 3.

a. A scarlet-flowered anemone, Anemone fulgens. rare. Now historical.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > anemones

anemone1548

rose parsley1548

windflower1551

agrimony1578

hepatica1578

liverwort1578

noble agrimony1578

noble liverwort1578

pasque flower1578

Coventry bells1597

flaw-flower1597

herb trinity1597

pulsatilla1597

emony1644

wood-anemone1657

Robin Hood1665

poppy anemone1731

Alpine anemone1774

liverleaf1820

Japan anemone1847

Pennsylvania wind flower1869

smell fox1892

prairie smoke1893

prairie crocus1896

St. Brigid anemone1902

Japanese anemonec1908

Spanish marigold-

1665 J. Rea Flora 126 This common Anemone is by many Gentlewomen, and others as ignorant, called Robin Hood, Scarlet and John.

1913 G. Tabor Old-fashioned Gardening ii. iv. 213 Anemone fulgens; Scarlet and John, Robin Hood; vivid scarlet, black stamens.

b. English regional (south-western). Any of several plants having red flowers; esp. the red campion, Silene dioica. Cf. robin n.¹ 6.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > campion and ragged robin

cow-rattle14..

campion1576

behen1578

crowsoap1578

white campion1578

catchfly1597

feather-top wild campion1597

frothy poppy1597

lime-wort1597

nonsuch1597

sea campion1597

spattling poppy (also campion)1597

Greek rose1601

lychnis1601

knap-bottle1640

moss pink1641

Lobel's catchfly1664

red robin1678

moss campion1690

red campion1728

round robin1741

Silene1751

Nottingham catchfly1762

silenal1836

Robin Hood1844

thunder-flower1853

gunpowder weed1860

sea-catchfly1864

robin redbreast1880

poppy1886

thunderbolt1886

rattleweed1893

cancer1896

bladder-campion-

1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 105 Theös bank wi' eltrot flow'r An Robinhoods drest.

1884 H. Friend Flowers & Flower-lore. II. 478 The people living a few miles from Taunton call the Herb Robert and the Campion both Robin Hood.

1912 G. Allen Story of Plants iii. 30 There is a pretty wild flower in our hedges called a red campion, or ‘Robin Hood’.

5. = Robin Hood hat n. at Compounds 2. Now rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > other

steeple-crown1684

beefeater1785

Robin Hood hat1855

chef's hat1892

Robin Hood1960

toque1966

1960 News Chron. 11 Apr. 8/4 Gone are the heavy-looking trilbies... In their place have come the delta and the Robin Hood.

1966 ‘A. York’ Eliminator iv. 66 Wilde..dressed in flannel bags and a sports coat, added an old Robin Hood.

Phrases

Chiefly U.S. round Robin Hood's barn and variants: by a circuitous or tortuous route (literal and figurative); ‘round the houses’. Frequently in to go round Robin Hood's barn.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [phrase] > by indirect route

round about1681

round Robin Hood's barn1797

1797 M. L. Weems in P. L. Ford Mason Locke Weems (1929) II. 77 I can sell them abundantly fast without the trouble of going round Robin Hood's barn.

a1854 J. F. Kelly Humors of Falconbridge (1856) 220 The way some folks have of going round ‘Robin Hood's barn’ to come at a thing.

1878 Notes & Queries 22 June 486/2 ‘Where have you been today?’ ‘All round Robin Hood's barn! I have been all about the country, first here and then there.’

1928 S. Lewis Man who knew Coolidge 17 When it came to talking, why say, he wandered all round Robin Hood's barn!

1934 E. M. Rhodes Beyond Desert 201 Wagon-road goes all around Robin Hood's barn to get to my place.

1977 Time 31 Jan. 1/3 Your article on birth control goes around Robin Hood's barn for an answer to the birth control problem.

2005 Boston Globe (Nexis) 31 May f1 The plot eases out of Start and then bucks and shifts and takes you all over Robin Hood's barn.

Compounds

C1. General attributive with the sense ‘of, relating to, or characteristic of Robin Hood’.

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1613 T. Campion Relation Royall Entertainm. sig. A2^v With them stood two Robin-Hood-men, in sutes of greene striped with blacke.

1760 ‘J. Copywell’ Tankard of Porter in Ann. Reg. 1759 458 'Tis this enlivens the freethinker's brain, Great bulwark of the Robin Hood debate!

1817 Q. Rev. July 367 At the age of twelve he began to lead a Robin Hood kind of life in the forests of Bavaria, with five or six lawless companions.

1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 563 Prosecuting a Robinhood insurrectionary warfare in Lotharingia.

1951 A. Koestler Age of Longing ii. iii. 235 Pierre..practised a kind of Robin Hood democracy.

1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 161 The bushrangers also had a number of allies..for their Robin Hood attitude to their victims.

1975 W. Hildick Bracknell's Law 36 I was accosted by a little old woman in black: black coat, black stockings, black hat—and all a throwback to the forties, with the hat of the Robin Hood type.

1994 Tourism Managem. Oct. 396/3 The writer who presented a paper referring specifically to the over-promotion of the Robin Hood legend in Nottingham.

2008 A. B. Laffer et al. End of Prosperity (2009) xiii. 237 They want a Robin Hood–style tax system to promote justice and equity.

C2.

Robin Hood bargain n. now rare something bought for much less than its real value; cf. Robin Hood's pennyworth n. at Compounds 3.

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society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > a purchase > a bargain

good cheapc1375

great cheapc1375

Robin Hood bargain1709

rug1746

bargain1766

best buy1879

snip1926

steal1942

bargoon1964

sacrifice1976

1709 Brit. Apollo 12–14 Oct. When..a Purchace you reap, That is wondrous Cheap, They Robin-Hood Bargains are call'd.

1869 A. Radcliffe Jottings from Diary vii. 103 The men..do not like to give up the cheap Robin Hood bargains they have got on the fair estates of Darwentwater.

1996 H. E. L. Prins in R. S. Grumet Northeastern Indian Lives v. 106 Given the buyer's deal, not unusual among seventeenth- century ‘Indian deeds’ in coastal Maine, this surely qualifies as a typical ‘Robin-Hood bargain’.

Robin Hood hat n. a type of high-crowned hat with the brim turned up at the back and down at the front, trimmed with a feather.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > other

steeple-crown1684

beefeater1785

Robin Hood hat1855

chef's hat1892

Robin Hood1960

toque1966

1855 Eclaireur (Tivoli, N.Y.) Aug. 29 It is true that their headdress—a la Robin-des-Bois—[Robin Hood hats]—is somewhat astonishing from its Tyrolese cut.

1869 Edinb. Evening Courant 2 Oct. 3/4 (advt.) In Hats. The newest styles..to be had in the newest shades, and include the ‘Robin Hood’ hat and the ‘Forester’ hat.

1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xi. 79 Her black hair was glossy under a brown Robin Hood hat.

1994 A. Bennett Diary 25 Mar. in Writing Home (2003) 287 The atmosphere (well-heeled retired couples, women in sharp little Robin Hood hats, men in Barbours) puts me off.

2008 H. Adams Acad. Child i. 10 Sam looked well in a Robin Hood hat.

Robin Hood tale n. †(a) = a tale of Robin Hood at sense 1 (obsolete); (b) a story featuring Robin Hood or some similar outlaw.

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a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hoodc1400

tale of a tub1532

Canterbury tale or story?a1550

romanza1622

romance1638

onea1642

Robin Hood tale1653

cock-and-bull story1670

stretcher1674

whid1794

fish-story1819

snake story1826

screamer1831

twister1834

ráiméis1835

Munchausen1840

skyscraper1840

Munchausenism1848

cock1851

snake yarn1891

furphy1916

fanny1930

the old ackamarackus1933

windy1933

1653 E. Chisenhale Catholike Hist. 284 If any contemn the authority of the Romane Church, that he shall not be able to assure himself of Scripture, any more then of a Robinhood-tale.

1856 J. Bonwick Disc. & Settlement Port Phillip v. 38 These bold adventurers..filled the country with alarm, and afforded many a Robin Hood tale for the fireside.

1903 Elem. School Teacher 3 646 She will still..read Robin Hood tales and the Jungle Book with keen pleasure when she is getting acquainted with George Meredith.

2000 J. Martin Greenspan (2001) iv. 46 It's a twist on the old Robin Hood tale. Danneskjöld steals from the poor and gives to the rich.

C3. Compounds with Robin Hood's.

Robin Hood's feather n. [compare later Robin Hood's fetter n.] English regional (northern) rare the climbing plant traveller's joy, Clematis vitalba, which has feathery seed heads.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy

white vine?a1425

clematis1578

lady's bower1597

traveller's joy1597

virgin's bower1597

bethwine1609

honesty1640

love1640

maiden's honesty1691

lady bower1715

virgin-bower1725

old man's beard1731

bindwith1797

Robin Hood's feather1820

silver-bush1886

1820 J. C. Knowlson Cattle Doctor 47 Traveller's joy, (or Robin Hood's feather): it grows among ling, and runs to a great length.

1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech & Folk-lore xi. 189 Various plants are named after Robin Hood e.g. Robin Hood's feather, or fetter.

Robin Hood's fetter n. [compare earlier Robin Hood's feather n.] English regional (northern) rare = Robin Hood's feather n.

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1875 Gardeners' Chron. 4 Dec. 707/3 In Cumberland, however, it is cultivated under the name of ‘Robin Hood's Fetter’.

1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech & Folk-lore xi. 189 Various plants are named after Robin Hood e.g. Robin Hood's feather, or fetter.

Robin Hood's hatband n. English regional (now rare) the common clubmoss, Lycopodium clavatum.

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the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > club-moss or moss-like ferns

dwarf cypress1548

heath-cypress1551

pine1551

wolf's-claw1578

club-moss1597

wolf-claw1597

wolf's-foot1597

tree-moss1611

Selagoa1627

cypress-moss1640

mountain moss1688

lycopodium1706

stag's horn (also staghorn) moss1741

walking fern1814

tod-tails1820

Robin Hood's hatband1828

resurrection plant1841

ground-pine1847

forks and knives1853

fir club-moss1855

lycopod1861

Selaginella1865

foxtail1866

stag-head or stag's head moss1869

fir-moss1879

hog-bed1900

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Robin Hood's hat-band, common club-moss. Lycopodium clavatum.

1875 Gardeners' Chron. 4 Dec. 707/3 We heard the common Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum) called ‘Robin Hood's Hatband’, by a Cumberland farmer.

2000 L. Gardner Realm of Ring Lords xi. 136 The staghorn moss is sometimes called Robin Hood's Hatband.

† Robin Hood's mile n. Obsolete a distance described as a mile but actually several times that length.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > mile > a long mile

Welsh milea1500

Robin Hood's mile1559

Yorkshire mile1710

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 57 Those are Robin Hodes miles, as the prouerbe is.

†Robin Hood's pennyworth n. Obsolete (a) something sold for much less than its real value, a bargain (also figurative); (b) a low price in proportion to value (frequently in at Robin Hood's pennyworths).

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society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > amount below real value > thing or quantity below real value

Robin Hood's pennyworth1582

1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. vi. sig. T.ij The cunning Lawier, that buyeth Robin hoodes penniworthes, & yet with some nice forfaitures, threatneth the seller, with continuall bondage.

1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 117 Walton the Bayliffe leavyed of the poore mans goods 77¹ att Robinhood's peniworths.

1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. viii. 122 In Germany, there is a Robin-Hood's pennyworth to be had,..8000 years of Pardon both from punishment and fault.

1725 E. Udal in J. Stevens Royal Treasury of Eng. 188 All these Houses, Colleges, and Churches, were..rated at very low Prices, even in those Times, at Robin Hood's Pennyworths.

1857 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 18 When large measure is given by a reckless salesman, the purchaser congratulates himself on a ‘Robin Hood's pennyworth’.

Derivatives

Robin ˈHoodish adj.

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1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 101 The green coat o' the Royal Archers gies him a Robin-Hoodish character.

1938 M. M. Quaife in J. R. Cook Border & Buffalo viii. 269 Although he [sc. Billy the Kid] was a ruthless killer of men, a certain Robin Hoodish glamour already surrounds his memory.

2007 Church Times 27 July 9/4 They do not feel that they are simply getting a bargain, but that they are getting one over the capitalist system in a Robin Hoodish kind of way.

Robin ˈHood-like adj.

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1835 G. P. R. James Gipsy vi ‘This is a very Robin-Hood-like scene,’ said Colonel Manners.

1857 J. Sullivan Cumberland & Westmorland iii. ix. 166 The Green Man..is now represented as wearing bright green, Robin Hood-like clothes.

1906 H. H. Ravenel Charleston xvii. 341 It shows the disturbed state of the country that two young men of position should have engaged in such a Robin Hood-like scrape!

2004 V. Tishkov Chechnya v. 64 Individual warriors, some of whom had a criminal past, soon acquired a Robin Hood–like fame among the people.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	robin hood
释义	Robin Hoodn. Brit. /ˌrɒbɪn ˈhʊd/, U.S. /ˈrɑbən ˌ(h)ʊd/ Forms: Middle English Roben Hode, Middle English Robyne Hood (in a late copy), Middle English–1500s Robyn Hod, Middle English–1600s Robin Hode, Middle English–1600s Robyn Hode, Middle English–1600s Robyn Hood, 1500s Robyn Hoode, 1500s–1600s Roben Hood, 1500s–1600s Robin Hoode, 1500s– Robbin Hood, 1500s– Robin Hood, 1800s– rabbin 'ood (English regional (south-western)); also Scottish pre-1700 Robein Hoode, pre-1700 Robene Hoid, pre-1700 Robene Houd, pre-1700 Robene Hude, pre-1700 Robene Huid, pre-1700 Robeyn Hwde, pre-1700 Robin Hude, pre-1700 Robin Huid, pre-1700 Robyne Hude, pre-1700 Robyn Hude. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Robin Hood. Etymology: < Robin Hood, the name of a legendary medieval English outlaw, whether fictional or real is unclear. For discussion of the evidence for a possible historical basis for this figure, see Oxf. Dict. National Biogr. at Hood, Robin. Compare robin n.¹Attested in various forms as a surname in England from the second half of the 13th cent.; compare William Robehod' (1260–2 of an individual described as a fugitive and elsewhere called Willelmus filius Roberti le Fevere, where Robehod apparently serves as a nickname or byname), and also John Rabunhod (1272), Gilbert Robehod (1286), William Robynhod (1295), etc. A relatively large number of individuals known as Robert or Robin Hood (and variants) is also recorded in England from at least the early 13th cent., but none can be identified with the legendary figure with any certainty. 1. A legendary English outlaw, popular from medieval times, who, according to tradition, stole from the rich to give to the poor. Hence allusively: an outlaw or bandit, esp. a gallant one. More generally: any person who acts illegally or irregularly for the benefit of the poor, esp. by taking money from the rich. †a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hood: an extravagant or fantastic story (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hoodc1400 tale of a tub1532 Canterbury tale or story?a1550 romanza1622 romance1638 onea1642 Robin Hood tale1653 cock-and-bull story1670 stretcher1674 whid1794 fish-story1819 snake story1826 screamer1831 twister1834 ráiméis1835 Munchausen1840 skyscraper1840 Munchausenism1848 cock1851 snake yarn1891 furphy1916 fanny1930 the old ackamarackus1933 windy1933 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] brigand1421 snaphance1539 thief errant1553 freebooter1570 filibuster1591 bandit1594 Robin Hood1597 mosser1651 moss-trooper1651 free-rider1821 cateran1870 society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > poor-relief > one who aids poor irregularly hoggler1465 hoggener1488 Robin Hood1931 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. v. 402 I can rymes [v.r. Romaunces] of Robyn hood and Randolf erle of Chestre. 1439–40 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1439 §30. m. 9 Piers Venables..with many other unknowyn..in manere of insurrection, wente into the wodes in that contre, like as it hadde be Robynhode and his meyne. a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 189 (MED) Þey han..leuer to heryn a tale or a song of Robyn Hood or of som rybaudye þan to heryn messe. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. clxxxxiii^v Fables and Iestis of Robyn hode Or other tryfyls that skantly ar so gode. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) vii. l. 3523 Litil Ihon and Robyne Hude..In Yngil-wode and Barnysdale Thai oysyd all this tyme thare trawale. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. ix. sig. L^v Tales of Robyn hoode are good among fooles. a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 59^v Many A man spekith..Of Robyne hood and his bowe whiche never shott therin, I trowe. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. G4 Lastly,..they cry out with an open mouth, as if they out shot Robin Hood. 1597 Carew MSS. (1869) 273 Sundry loose persons, as some of the M^cShees..and others, became Robin Hoods, and slew some of the Undertakers. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 181 Hugh MacGuyer Lord of Fermanagh, and the first Robinhood of this great rebellion. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines i. iii. 36 Let vs proceed to a point..which will seeme to many a strange Paradox, or a tale of Robin Hood. 1791 T. Paine Rights of Man 120 A certain something forbids him to look back to a beginning, lest some robber or some Robin Hood should rise from the long obscurity of time, and say, I am the origin. 1826 H. Smith Brambletye House I. ii. 48 Who are you, my pretty page?.. And who is the father that owns so dapper a Robin Hood? 1875 F. Hall in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. 15 343/2 It was a notorious freebooter, a Hindu Robin Hood, that I had dropped upon. 1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark v. 96 This Catti..robbed especially rich men..but spared the Church and the poor—a shabby Robin Hood. 1948 G. V. Galwey Lift & Drop iv. 70 Strip cartoons relating the adventures of Hugh Stinton the Robin Hood of private enquiry agents. 1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xi. 119 I still had a little bit of the Robin Hood in me. 2002 Pacific Affairs 75 650 John Sidel's portrayal of the gangsters confounds the popular idea of such hoodlums as Philippine Robin Hoods. 2. historical in later use. a. The character of Robin Hood in the morris dance or May game; the person who plays this character. Cf. Maid Marian n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > part or character > [noun] > specific character Robin Hood1473 wantonness1507 vice1552 pantaloon1592 iniquity1597 burratinea1637 scaramouch1662 Pierrot1726 gracioso1749 eiron1872 alazon1911 toby1946 1473 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 461 I haue kepyd hym thys iij yere to pleye Seynt Jorge and Robynhod and the shryff off Notyngham. 1531 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 432 The v day of Aprile, for vj quarteris gray taffatis of Jeynes to be ane parte of the kingis Robene Hudis baner. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Xv^v Syr thys is a busye daye wyth vs,..it is Robyn hoodes daye. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 23/1 God will not haue us occupied like little children in puppets or hobbie-horses, as players and Robin hoodes. 1589 Hay, any Work for a Cooper 3 Hearing either the Sommer Lord with his Maie game, or Robin Hood with his Morrice daunce going by the Church. 1616 R. Niccols Londons Artillery ix. 87 This worthy practise,..when her Robin Hood Had wont each yeare..to leade his yong men out. 1659 J. Shirley Honoria & Mammon i. 7 I am not Affear'd of your green Robin-hoods, that fright With fiery club your pitifull Spectators. 1797 G. Chalmers Apol. Believers in Shakspeare-papers ix. 340 Henry viii, on May-day, in the morning, with Queen Katherine, and many lords, and ladies..were entertained by Robin Hood, and his men, to their great contentment. 1831 H. Smith Festivals, Games & Amusements xviii. 220 Sometimes we have a lady of the May, simply with a Friar Tuck; and in later times a Maid Marian remained without even a Robin Hood or a Friar. 1874 W. F. Collier Tales of Old Eng. Life (1878) iv. 185 Bold Robin Hood..took by the hand the smooth-cheeked youth who personated Maid Marian, and led him forward with mock reverence to present him to the Queen. 1920 Q. Jrnl. Univ. N. Dakota 10 423 While the disguise did not fundamentally affect the [Morris] dance, it accounts for the introduction into it of figures such as the hobby-horse, Bavian, and Robin Hood. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 252 The heads so frequently carved in churches, with leaves around them,..represent the Green Man, the Jack-in-the-Green, or Robin Hood or King of May, the sacrificial victim. 2006 P. Parrinder Nation & Novel vii. 148 A mummers' performance including a Robin Hood and a Maid Marian. b. A May game or similar entertainment in which Robin Hood is the leading character. rare in later use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > specific play Robin Hood1519 1519 Kingston-upon-Thames Churchwardens' Accts. (Surrey CRO KG 2/2/1) 92 Item resayued of the maye game & Robyn Hode iii li xij s iiij d. a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 157 For the raschall multitude war stirred up to mak a Robene Hude quhilk enormitie wes of mony yeiris..dampnit by statute. 1578 Gen. Assembly in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1888) III. v. 45/1 All kynd of insolent playis, as King of May, Robin Hood, and sick others, in the moneth of May, played either be bairnes at the schools, or others. 1670 R. L'Estrange Toleration Discuss'd ii. xxx. 336 Did not the Kirk Excommunicate the whole Multitude for a Robin-Hood? 1951 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 64 272 These characters..may have all participated in a single performance, whether a Morris Dance or a Robin Hood. †3. Used punningly: a kind of hood. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hood > other chaperonec1380 capadosc1400 riding hood1459 fool's hood1509 French hood1533 capuchon1604 Robin Hood1620 purse-hood1623 poke1632 mazarine hood1689 Nithsdale1716 rain hood1761 calash1774 capeline1868 bashlik1881 hood1897 pixie hood1939 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster v. 60 Let not..your robbin-hood scarlet and Iohns, tie your affections in durance to your shops. 1629 Wine, Beere, & Ale sig. C2 You shall..bee allowed a Robin-hood, or Mother Red-cap, to hang at your doore, to beckon in Customers. 4. As a plant name. See also Compounds 3. a. A scarlet-flowered anemone, Anemone fulgens. rare. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > buttercup and allied flowers > anemones anemone1548 rose parsley1548 windflower1551 agrimony1578 hepatica1578 liverwort1578 noble agrimony1578 noble liverwort1578 pasque flower1578 Coventry bells1597 flaw-flower1597 herb trinity1597 pulsatilla1597 emony1644 wood-anemone1657 Robin Hood1665 poppy anemone1731 Alpine anemone1774 liverleaf1820 Japan anemone1847 Pennsylvania wind flower1869 smell fox1892 prairie smoke1893 prairie crocus1896 St. Brigid anemone1902 Japanese anemonec1908 Spanish marigold- 1665 J. Rea Flora 126 This common Anemone is by many Gentlewomen, and others as ignorant, called Robin Hood, Scarlet and John. 1913 G. Tabor Old-fashioned Gardening ii. iv. 213 Anemone fulgens; Scarlet and John, Robin Hood; vivid scarlet, black stamens. b. English regional (south-western). Any of several plants having red flowers; esp. the red campion, Silene dioica. Cf. robin n.¹ 6. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Caryophyllaceae (chickweeds and allies) > [noun] > campion and ragged robin cow-rattle14.. campion1576 behen1578 crowsoap1578 white campion1578 catchfly1597 feather-top wild campion1597 frothy poppy1597 lime-wort1597 nonsuch1597 sea campion1597 spattling poppy (also campion)1597 Greek rose1601 lychnis1601 knap-bottle1640 moss pink1641 Lobel's catchfly1664 red robin1678 moss campion1690 red campion1728 round robin1741 Silene1751 Nottingham catchfly1762 silenal1836 Robin Hood1844 thunder-flower1853 gunpowder weed1860 sea-catchfly1864 robin redbreast1880 poppy1886 thunderbolt1886 rattleweed1893 cancer1896 bladder-campion- 1844 W. Barnes Poems Rural Life in Dorset Dial. 105 Theös bank wi' eltrot flow'r An Robinhoods drest. 1884 H. Friend Flowers & Flower-lore. II. 478 The people living a few miles from Taunton call the Herb Robert and the Campion both Robin Hood. 1912 G. Allen Story of Plants iii. 30 There is a pretty wild flower in our hedges called a red campion, or ‘Robin Hood’. 5. = Robin Hood hat n. at Compounds 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > other steeple-crown1684 beefeater1785 Robin Hood hat1855 chef's hat1892 Robin Hood1960 toque1966 1960 News Chron. 11 Apr. 8/4 Gone are the heavy-looking trilbies... In their place have come the delta and the Robin Hood. 1966 ‘A. York’ Eliminator iv. 66 Wilde..dressed in flannel bags and a sports coat, added an old Robin Hood. Phrases Chiefly U.S. round Robin Hood's barn and variants: by a circuitous or tortuous route (literal and figurative); ‘round the houses’. Frequently in to go round Robin Hood's barn. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > [phrase] > by indirect route round about1681 round Robin Hood's barn1797 1797 M. L. Weems in P. L. Ford Mason Locke Weems (1929) II. 77 I can sell them abundantly fast without the trouble of going round Robin Hood's barn. a1854 J. F. Kelly Humors of Falconbridge (1856) 220 The way some folks have of going round ‘Robin Hood's barn’ to come at a thing. 1878 Notes & Queries 22 June 486/2 ‘Where have you been today?’ ‘All round Robin Hood's barn! I have been all about the country, first here and then there.’ 1928 S. Lewis Man who knew Coolidge 17 When it came to talking, why say, he wandered all round Robin Hood's barn! 1934 E. M. Rhodes Beyond Desert 201 Wagon-road goes all around Robin Hood's barn to get to my place. 1977 Time 31 Jan. 1/3 Your article on birth control goes around Robin Hood's barn for an answer to the birth control problem. 2005 Boston Globe (Nexis) 31 May f1 The plot eases out of Start and then bucks and shifts and takes you all over Robin Hood's barn. Compounds C1. General attributive with the sense ‘of, relating to, or characteristic of Robin Hood’. ΚΠ 1613 T. Campion Relation Royall Entertainm. sig. A2^v With them stood two Robin-Hood-men, in sutes of greene striped with blacke. 1760 ‘J. Copywell’ Tankard of Porter in Ann. Reg. 1759 458 'Tis this enlivens the freethinker's brain, Great bulwark of the Robin Hood debate! 1817 Q. Rev. July 367 At the age of twelve he began to lead a Robin Hood kind of life in the forests of Bavaria, with five or six lawless companions. 1851 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. I. 563 Prosecuting a Robinhood insurrectionary warfare in Lotharingia. 1951 A. Koestler Age of Longing ii. iii. 235 Pierre..practised a kind of Robin Hood democracy. 1963 A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 161 The bushrangers also had a number of allies..for their Robin Hood attitude to their victims. 1975 W. Hildick Bracknell's Law 36 I was accosted by a little old woman in black: black coat, black stockings, black hat—and all a throwback to the forties, with the hat of the Robin Hood type. 1994 Tourism Managem. Oct. 396/3 The writer who presented a paper referring specifically to the over-promotion of the Robin Hood legend in Nottingham. 2008 A. B. Laffer et al. End of Prosperity (2009) xiii. 237 They want a Robin Hood–style tax system to promote justice and equity. C2. Robin Hood bargain n. now rare something bought for much less than its real value; cf. Robin Hood's pennyworth n. at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > a purchase > a bargain good cheapc1375 great cheapc1375 Robin Hood bargain1709 rug1746 bargain1766 best buy1879 snip1926 steal1942 bargoon1964 sacrifice1976 1709 Brit. Apollo 12–14 Oct. When..a Purchace you reap, That is wondrous Cheap, They Robin-Hood Bargains are call'd. 1869 A. Radcliffe Jottings from Diary vii. 103 The men..do not like to give up the cheap Robin Hood bargains they have got on the fair estates of Darwentwater. 1996 H. E. L. Prins in R. S. Grumet Northeastern Indian Lives v. 106 Given the buyer's deal, not unusual among seventeenth- century ‘Indian deeds’ in coastal Maine, this surely qualifies as a typical ‘Robin-Hood bargain’. Robin Hood hat n. a type of high-crowned hat with the brim turned up at the back and down at the front, trimmed with a feather. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > other steeple-crown1684 beefeater1785 Robin Hood hat1855 chef's hat1892 Robin Hood1960 toque1966 1855 Eclaireur (Tivoli, N.Y.) Aug. 29 It is true that their headdress—a la Robin-des-Bois—[Robin Hood hats]—is somewhat astonishing from its Tyrolese cut. 1869 Edinb. Evening Courant 2 Oct. 3/4 (advt.) In Hats. The newest styles..to be had in the newest shades, and include the ‘Robin Hood’ hat and the ‘Forester’ hat. 1939 R. Chandler Big Sleep xi. 79 Her black hair was glossy under a brown Robin Hood hat. 1994 A. Bennett Diary 25 Mar. in Writing Home (2003) 287 The atmosphere (well-heeled retired couples, women in sharp little Robin Hood hats, men in Barbours) puts me off. 2008 H. Adams Acad. Child i. 10 Sam looked well in a Robin Hood hat. Robin Hood tale n. †(a) = a tale of Robin Hood at sense 1 (obsolete); (b) a story featuring Robin Hood or some similar outlaw. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > a false or foolish tale > [noun] > of an exaggerated kind a tale (also gest, song, etc.) of Robin Hoodc1400 tale of a tub1532 Canterbury tale or story?a1550 romanza1622 romance1638 onea1642 Robin Hood tale1653 cock-and-bull story1670 stretcher1674 whid1794 fish-story1819 snake story1826 screamer1831 twister1834 ráiméis1835 Munchausen1840 skyscraper1840 Munchausenism1848 cock1851 snake yarn1891 furphy1916 fanny1930 the old ackamarackus1933 windy1933 1653 E. Chisenhale Catholike Hist. 284 If any contemn the authority of the Romane Church, that he shall not be able to assure himself of Scripture, any more then of a Robinhood-tale. 1856 J. Bonwick Disc. & Settlement Port Phillip v. 38 These bold adventurers..filled the country with alarm, and afforded many a Robin Hood tale for the fireside. 1903 Elem. School Teacher 3 646 She will still..read Robin Hood tales and the Jungle Book with keen pleasure when she is getting acquainted with George Meredith. 2000 J. Martin Greenspan (2001) iv. 46 It's a twist on the old Robin Hood tale. Danneskjöld steals from the poor and gives to the rich. C3. Compounds with Robin Hood's. Robin Hood's feather n. [compare later Robin Hood's fetter n.] English regional (northern) rare the climbing plant traveller's joy, Clematis vitalba, which has feathery seed heads. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > clematis or traveller's joy white vine?a1425 clematis1578 lady's bower1597 traveller's joy1597 virgin's bower1597 bethwine1609 honesty1640 love1640 maiden's honesty1691 lady bower1715 virgin-bower1725 old man's beard1731 bindwith1797 Robin Hood's feather1820 silver-bush1886 1820 J. C. Knowlson Cattle Doctor 47 Traveller's joy, (or Robin Hood's feather): it grows among ling, and runs to a great length. 1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech & Folk-lore xi. 189 Various plants are named after Robin Hood e.g. Robin Hood's feather, or fetter. Robin Hood's fetter n. [compare earlier Robin Hood's feather n.] English regional (northern) rare = Robin Hood's feather n. ΚΠ 1875 Gardeners' Chron. 4 Dec. 707/3 In Cumberland, however, it is cultivated under the name of ‘Robin Hood's Fetter’. 1913 E. M. Wright Rustic Speech & Folk-lore xi. 189 Various plants are named after Robin Hood e.g. Robin Hood's feather, or fetter. Robin Hood's hatband n. English regional (now rare) the common clubmoss, Lycopodium clavatum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > club-moss or moss-like ferns dwarf cypress1548 heath-cypress1551 pine1551 wolf's-claw1578 club-moss1597 wolf-claw1597 wolf's-foot1597 tree-moss1611 Selagoa1627 cypress-moss1640 mountain moss1688 lycopodium1706 stag's horn (also staghorn) moss1741 walking fern1814 tod-tails1820 Robin Hood's hatband1828 resurrection plant1841 ground-pine1847 forks and knives1853 fir club-moss1855 lycopod1861 Selaginella1865 foxtail1866 stag-head or stag's head moss1869 fir-moss1879 hog-bed1900 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Robin Hood's hat-band, common club-moss. Lycopodium clavatum. 1875 Gardeners' Chron. 4 Dec. 707/3 We heard the common Clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum) called ‘Robin Hood's Hatband’, by a Cumberland farmer. 2000 L. Gardner Realm of Ring Lords xi. 136 The staghorn moss is sometimes called Robin Hood's Hatband. † Robin Hood's mile n. Obsolete a distance described as a mile but actually several times that length. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > mile > a long mile Welsh milea1500 Robin Hood's mile1559 Yorkshire mile1710 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 57 Those are Robin Hodes miles, as the prouerbe is. †Robin Hood's pennyworth n. Obsolete (a) something sold for much less than its real value, a bargain (also figurative); (b) a low price in proportion to value (frequently in at Robin Hood's pennyworths). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [noun] > amount below real value > thing or quantity below real value Robin Hood's pennyworth1582 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. vi. sig. T.ij The cunning Lawier, that buyeth Robin hoodes penniworthes, & yet with some nice forfaitures, threatneth the seller, with continuall bondage. 1631 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 117 Walton the Bayliffe leavyed of the poore mans goods 77¹ att Robinhood's peniworths. 1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. viii. 122 In Germany, there is a Robin-Hood's pennyworth to be had,..8000 years of Pardon both from punishment and fault. 1725 E. Udal in J. Stevens Royal Treasury of Eng. 188 All these Houses, Colleges, and Churches, were..rated at very low Prices, even in those Times, at Robin Hood's Pennyworths. 1857 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 18 When large measure is given by a reckless salesman, the purchaser congratulates himself on a ‘Robin Hood's pennyworth’. Derivatives Robin ˈHoodish adj. ΚΠ 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 101 The green coat o' the Royal Archers gies him a Robin-Hoodish character. 1938 M. M. Quaife in J. R. Cook Border & Buffalo viii. 269 Although he [sc. Billy the Kid] was a ruthless killer of men, a certain Robin Hoodish glamour already surrounds his memory. 2007 Church Times 27 July 9/4 They do not feel that they are simply getting a bargain, but that they are getting one over the capitalist system in a Robin Hoodish kind of way. Robin ˈHood-like adj. ΚΠ 1835 G. P. R. James Gipsy vi ‘This is a very Robin-Hood-like scene,’ said Colonel Manners. 1857 J. Sullivan Cumberland & Westmorland iii. ix. 166 The Green Man..is now represented as wearing bright green, Robin Hood-like clothes. 1906 H. H. Ravenel Charleston xvii. 341 It shows the disturbed state of the country that two young men of position should have engaged in such a Robin Hood-like scrape! 2004 V. Tishkov Chechnya v. 64 Individual warriors, some of whom had a criminal past, soon acquired a Robin Hood–like fame among the people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1400
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