robin
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,886 of 86,584 words measured. It occurs 44,440 times across 411,287 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- small Old World songbird with a reddish breast also: redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin, Erithacus rubecola
- large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen also: American robin, Turdus migratorius
robin in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Was it 'Auld Robin Gray' that she sang?
The Crisis — Volume 04 · Winston Churchill · Chapter 2
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Was that robin which Mr. Otis once wrote about a real bird?
Harper's Young People, September 13, 1881 · Various · Chapter 2
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His whole figure drooped and was bowed like a robin in a thunderstorm.
The Golden Scarecrow · Hugh Walpole · Chapter 1
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There is nothing of the fairylike in Robin, and he has no thirst for the Ideal.
The Book of Romance · Andrew [Editor] Lang · Chapter 1
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The baby robin, who had not yet changed his waistcoat, lived in the ivy and sat upon the left gate-post.
The Soul of a Cat, and Other Stories · Margaret Benson · Chapter 2