robbins
robbins is the plural of robbin.
Meaning of robbin
Noun
robbin (plural robbins)
- 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.
- The spring of a carriage.
Proper noun capitalized: Robbins
Robbins
- An English surname originating as a patronymic, from Robin + -s.
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Mac Roibín (“son of Robin”) (Cribbin).
- A census-designated place in Sutter County, California.
- A village and suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois; named for real estate developer Eugene S. Robbins.
- An unincorporated community in Haight Township, Ontonagon County, Michigan; named for local sawmill owner F. S. Robbins.
- An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Missouri; named for early settler Henry Clay Robbins.
- A town in Moore County, North Carolina; named for Karl Robbins, Russian-American manufacturer and philanthropist.
- A census-designated place in Scott County, Tennessee.
- A ghost town in Lee County, Virginia; named for early settler Charles Robbins.
Forms of robbins
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Words formed from robbins
Phrases with robbins
Questions about robbins
- What does robbins mean?
- Robbins means an English surname originating as a patronymic, from Robin + -s.
- What is robbins the plural of?
- Robbins is the plural of robbin.
- What part of speech is robbins?
- Robbins is a proper noun.
Words near robbins in the dictionary
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