It’s all very well catching a grasshopper twice your size—as the top predators, the robber flies, love doing—but then to have to deal with their long limbs flailing around while you’re trying to eat is tricky.
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The Robber Nerds, like the Robber Barons, have given tons of money to charity.
Up To a Point: Robber Barons Make Way For Robber Nerds|P. J. O’Rourke|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Robber Nerds exploit the poor working stiffs—but they do it in China and India where nobody gives a damn.
Up To a Point: Robber Barons Make Way For Robber Nerds|P. J. O’Rourke|August 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In an astoundingly brief time, the Party of Lincoln became the Party of Robber Barons.
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Robber raids they called these wars which he waged for trumped-up pretexts.
A German Pompadour|Marie Hay
Unless Red, the Robber, shows up again in a confidential mood, Alex. laughed.
The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi|Harry Gordon
You're going to guide us, Mr. dog-goned Robber, or get plugged as full of holes as a dog-goned sieve.
Curly|Roger Pocock
When he heard that Robber Mother had seen a garden more beautiful than his, a faint flush spread over his withered cheek.
The Girl From the Marsh Croft|Selma Lagerlf
Dave turned the craft towards Robber Island and made a long tack.