POOR ROBIN
Preserved but no longer current.
AN ALMANACK. After a New Fashion. Wherein the Reader may see (if he be not blinde) many remarkable things worthy of Observation. Con- taining a two-fold Kalendar, viz., the Julian or English; and the Roundheads or Fanaticks; several Saints' days, and Observations upon every Month. Written by POOR ROBIN, Knight of the Burnt-Island, a well-wisher to the Mathematicks.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “POOR ROBIN” mean?
AN ALMANACK. After a New Fashion. Wherein the Reader may see (if he be not blinde) many remarkable things worthy of Observation. Con- taining a two-fold Kalendar, viz., the Julian or English; and the Roundheads or Fanaticks; several Saints' days, and Observations upon every Month. Written by POOR ROBIN, Knight of the Burnt-Island, a well-wisher to the Mathematicks.
Is “POOR ROBIN” formal or informal?
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