robin redbreast
noun
Origin of robin redbreast
1400–50; late Middle English (Scots);
robin, special use of
Robin
Words nearby robin redbreast
robespierre,
robey,
robin,
robin goodfellow,
robin hood,
robin redbreast,
robin's plantain,
robin's-egg blue,
robing room,
robinia,
robinson
Example sentences from the Web for robin redbreast
I did not mean to trouble her, but I was determined not to lose the chance of being Brother of Pity to a robin-redbreast.
Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men |Juliana Horatia Gatty EwingAnd so to December and the end of the year, which the robin-redbreast always sings out with a happy Christmas carol.
Birds of the wave and woodland |Phil (Philip Stewart) RobinsonThen was it the beetles who were burying the robin-redbreast?
Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men |Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing