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cold robbies

cold robbies noun: an uncertain, mysterious ailment.

Noun

cold robbies pl (plural only)

  1. (humorous, plural, plural-only) An uncertain, mysterious ailment.
    • Lt. Mary Sue found out that the men who had beamed down were seriously stricken by the jumping cold robbies, Mary Sue less so.1973, Paula Smith, “A Trekkie's Tale”, in Menagerie, 2, p. 6

Origin of cold robbies

Coined by American cartoonist Walt Kelly in his comic strip Pogo (derived from a mispronunciation of kohlrabi).

Questions about cold robbies

What does cold robbies mean?
Cold robbies means an uncertain, mysterious ailment.
What part of speech is cold robbies?
Cold robbies is a noun.

Words near cold robbies in the dictionary

  1. cold rain process
  2. cold read
  3. cold reading
  4. cold readings
  5. cold reads
  6. cold robbies
  7. cold roll
  8. cold rolled
  9. cold rolling
  10. cold rollings
  11. cold rolls

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