robinesque

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1. rareResembling or characteristic of robin birds.

   Robins' eyes are side-mounted, like most birds; but in that classic robinesque cock of the head, they seem to look directly at us.

   2017, Stephen Moss, quoting Richard Mabey, The Robin: A Biography, London: Vintage, →ISBN, unnumbered page

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   The grosbeak's distinctive call note, an emphatic peek, and its robinesque song cascade from the maple while Casey weeds his lemon sorrel.

   1992, Ted Levin, Blood Brook: A Naturalist's Home Ground, Post Mills, Vt.: Chelsea Green Pub. Co., →ISBN, page xiii

   […] I noted that everything about it was "Robinesque^([sic])", however, this bird did not have an orange breast or belly and was slightly grayer than the common Robin^([sic]).

   2001 May 16, Lawrence Daniel, “Clay-Colored Robin In N TX?”, in rec.birds (Usenet)

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1. rareslanglifestyleResembling or characteristic of DC's Robin, a sidekick of Batman.

   I'm running a player in a solo adventure for Champs, and the player wants his PC to be a Robinesque adventurer who sometimes works with his mentor, but gets into a lot of trouble on his own.

   1996 December 12, Riviera513, “DNPC as a Power”, in rec.games.frp.super-heroes (Usenet)

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   Robin officially joined in the fourth JLA/JSA team-up circa JLA #47 in a horrible costume that was Batman's with a yellow scalloped cape and a batwinged R symbol on the chest with a Robinesque mask.

   1997 November 15, Tom Galloway, “Nightwing in JLA”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet)

   IIRC there was another costume worn by dick during the JSA-JLA team up where they found the seven soldiers of victory. It was kind of like the grey costume, but the colors were brighter and more "robinesque^([sic])."

   1998 July 18, John Bilow, “Any good EARTH 2 Robin stories?”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet)

   NEW SERIES: From =J. Torres=, the writer of /The Copybook Tales/, and a host of other cool comics creators, comes /Love In Tights/, a collection of stories featuring spandex-clad romance. And is that Maskman and the Robinesque Sidekick shown holding hands on the cover in the half-page advert? {grin}

   1998 September 5, Todd VerBeek, “Previews Prattling for November comics (misc/alt edition)”, in rec.arts.comics.alternative (Usenet)