Robinson
['rɒbɪnsən] or ['rɑbɪnsən]
Definition
(noun.) United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973).
(noun.) United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935).
(noun.) United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972).
(noun.) United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936).
(noun.) Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958).
(noun.) United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989).
(noun.) English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975).
Typist: Stacey--From WordNet
Examples
- Only yesterday, I opened my ROBINSON CRUSOE at that place. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The state of affairs in North America in 1750 is indicated very clearly by a map we have adapted from one in Robinson's _Medieval and Modern Times_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But when I write of ROBINSON CRUSOE, by the Lord it's serious--and I request you to take it accordingly! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Long banished Robinson Crusoe,' says the charmer, exchanging salutations, 'how did you leave the Island? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- NOW, sir, do you believe in ROBINSON CRUSOE? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To-day I was all for continuing to be farm-bailiff; to-morrow, on the authority of ROBINSON CRUSOE, I should be all the other way. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Let's try how ROBINSON CRUSOE strikes him now! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Mr. Franklin shut up ROBINSON CRUSOE, and floundered into his German-English gibberish on the spot. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For this purpose, about three days previous to his departure, he brought Mr. Robinson, as he said, from the Duke of Beaufort. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He eschewed gloves, and looked, upon the whole, something like a dissipated Robinson Crusoe. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Robinson in 1759 suggested the steam carriage to Watt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Jones and Robinson's bank, presented a document there to the authority at the desk, who, in reply, asked her How she would take it? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- My aunt sitting on a quantity of luggage, with her two birds before her, and her cat on her knee, like a female Robinson Crusoe, drinking tea. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sir, he said gravely, there are great allowances to be made for a man who has not read ROBINSON CRUSOE since he was a child. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I begged Mr. Robinson not to lose his time in teasing me when I was out of spirits. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Preston