(chiefly attributive) Anything ingenious (and often complex) but absurdly impractical or even useless.

Very quickly; quicker than one expects.

(dated) dressing gown

Alternative spelling of robber baron

(historical) In Europe, an aristocrat who charged exorbitant fees or otherwise exacted money from people who journeyed across land or waterways which he controlled.

That can be robbed; susceptible to robbery.

(Britain) The European robin. / Any robin. / (UK, slang, historical) A Bow Street Runner (from the colour of his waistcoat).

(US) The gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis.

plural of daylight robbery

plural of robin redbreast