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robbin

robbin noun: a kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities used to be exported from Southeast Asia. Also the alternative form of ropeband.

Noun

robbin (plural robbins)

  1. (archaic, historical) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities used to be exported from Southeast Asia.
    • The robbin of rice in Malabar weighed about 84 pounds.
  2. The spring of a carriage.

Proper noun capitalized: Robbin

Robbin

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
  2. A male given name.
  3. A female given name.

Also used as

robbin is also the alternative form of ropeband.

Forms of robbin

pluralrobbins

Origin of robbin

Variant of Robin, from Robert.

Words formed from robbin

Words that rhyme with robbin

Questions about robbin

What does robbin mean?
Robbin means a kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities used to be exported from Southeast Asia.
What part of speech is robbin?
Robbin can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of robbin?
The plural of robbin is robbins.

Words near robbin in the dictionary

  1. robbery
  2. robbest
  3. robbeth
  4. Robbi
  5. Robbie
  6. robbin
  7. robbing
  8. robbing blind
  9. robbing out
  10. robbing Peter to pay Paul
  11. robbing the cradle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: robbin (page history and authors); Robbin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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