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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Robin Hood Wind (A).
 
A cold thaw-wind. Tradition runs that Robin Hood used to say he could bear any cold except that which a thaw-wind brought with it.   1
 


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