ˌcock-ˈrobin
a. The male Robin; usually as a familiar or pet name. b. slang. See quots.
| c 1699 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Cock-robin, a soft, easy fellow [1785 so in Grose Dict. Vulgar Tongue]. a 1800 Nursery Chap-book, Who killed Cock-Robin? 1826 Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 334 Little turfy hillocks..which I used to call Cock-Robins' graves. 1860 G. H. K. Vacat. Tour 166 A starving cock-robin. 1873 Slang Dict., Cock-robin shop, a small printing-office, where cheap and nasty work is done and low wages are paid. |