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ragged robins

ragged robins is the plural of ragged robin.

Meaning of ragged robin

Noun

ragged robin (plural ragged robins)

  1. (UK) A type of wild campion (Silene flos-cuculi, syn. Lychnis flos-cuculi), in the family Caryophyllaceae, which grows across Europe and has pink flowers.
    • Paul came back and threaded daisies in her jet black hair, big spangles of white and yellow, and just a pink touch of ragged robbin.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 6”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC

Questions about ragged robins

What is ragged robins the plural of?
Ragged robins is the plural of ragged robin.

Words near ragged robins in the dictionary

  1. ragged red fibers
  2. ragged right
  3. ragged robbin
  4. ragged robbins
  5. ragged robin
  6. ragged robins
  7. ragged sailor
  8. ragged sailors
  9. ragged school
  10. ragged schools
  11. ragged staff

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