a. The male Robin; usually as a familiar or pet name. b. slang. See quots.
c. 1699. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Cock-robin, a soft, easy fellow [1785 so in Grose, Dict. Vulgar Tongue].
a. 1800. Nursery Chap-book. Who killed Cock-Robin?
1826. Miss Mitford, Village, Ser. II. (1863), 334. Little turfy hillocks … which I used to call Cock Robins’ graves.
1861. G. H. K., Vacat. Tour, 166. A starving cock-robin.
1873. Slang Dict., Cock-robin shop, a small printing-office, where cheap and nasty work is done and low wages are paid.
