Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ROBBING
ppr. Feloniously taking from the person of another; putting him in fear; stripping; plundering; taking from another unlawfully or by wrong or oppression.
ROBBINS, ROPE-BANDS
n.[rope and bands.] Short flat plaited pieces of rope with an eye in one end, used in pairs to tie the upper edges of square sails to their yards.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ROBBIN
ROBBIN Rob "bin, n. (Com. )
Defn: A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds. Simmonds.
ROBBIN
ROBBIN Rob "bin, n. (Naut. )
Defn: See Ropeband.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Robbins, Harold
Rob bins, Harold |ˈräbənz ˈrɑbənz | (1916 –97 ), US novelist. Notable works: The Dream Merchants (1949 ), The Carpetbaggers (1961 ), The Betsy (1971 ), and Tycoon (1997 ).
Robbins, Jerome
Rob bins, Jerome |ˈrɑbənz ˈräbənz | (1918 –98 ), US ballet dancer and choreographer. He choreographed a number of successful musicals, including The King and I (1951 ), West Side Story (1957 ), and Fiddler on the Roof (1964 ).
Oxford Dictionary
Robbins, Harold
Rob |bins |ˈrɒbɪnz | (1916 –97 ), American novelist, author of best-sellers such as The Carpetbaggers (1961 ) and The Betsy (1971 ).
Robbins, Jerome
Rob |bins |ˈrɒbɪnz | (1918 –98 ), American ballet dancer and choreographer. He choreographed a number of successful musicals, including The King and I (1951 ), West Side Story (1957 ), and Fiddler on the Roof (1964 ).
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