Robinson

Speech parts

1. Robinson - Noun

2. Robinson - Proper noun

Meaning

Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (1886-1958)

United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (1893-1973)

United States poet; author of narrative verse (1869-1935)

United States baseball player; first Black to play in the major leagues (1919-1972)

United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (1863-1936)

United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)

English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (1886-1975)

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Was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim's Progress. Samuel Johnson

There is always an unconscious collaboration among artists.... the artist who imagine himself a Robinson Crusoe is either a primitive or a fool. William Baziotes

Sugar Ray Robinson was at the top of the boxing world during the 1950's when it seemed that he would either win or lose the championship about every three or four months. Dick Schaap

I was particularly stunned by the casting of Tom Cruise, who is no more my Vampire LeStat than Edward G. Robinson is Rhett Butler. Anne Rice

I am quite surprised, that with all my work, and some of it is very, very good, that nobody talks about The Miracle Worker. We're talking about Mrs. Robinson. I understand the world... I'm just a little dismayed that people aren't beyond it yet. Anne Bancroft

well with me now is Geoffrey Robinson. He was once voted 'After-dinner Speaker of the Year', so if you've had your tea, you're in for a treat. Eddie Mair

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