Named after the Scottish hero <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span> MacGregor. <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roys</span>) A cocktail made with Scotch whisky, vermouth and bitters....
<span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roys</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span>...
Wikipedia has an article on: Robroyston Wikipedia Presumably named after <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span> MacGregor + -ton. Robroyston An outer suburb in the City of Glasgow council...
for a debt; a mortgage. 1829, <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span>[1], Walter Scott, Introduction to the 1829 edition: It was at this time that <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span> acquired an interest by purchase...
benorth (now Scotland) North of. 1817, Walter Scott, <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span>: "No, no, landlord," answered a strong deep voice behind him, "it's e'en because your English...
past participle dackert) to saunter, amble; to totter 1817, Walter Scott, <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span>: I e'en daiker on wi' the family frae year's end to year's end. (please...
zookers (obsolete) An expression of mild annoyance, surprise etc. 1817, <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span>, Walter Scott, section VIII: ‘Zookers, lass, I never envy these young fellows...
From French cuisse madame. queez-maddam (uncountable) jargonelle 1817, <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span>, Walter Scott, II.3: He'll glowr at an auld-warld barkit aik-snag as if...
jaw dropped (idiomatic) somebody was very surprised. 1817, Walter Scott, <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span>[1]: Morris's jaw dropped — his countenance became the colour of tallow...
shriek [1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter X, in <span class="searchmatch">Rob</span> <span class="searchmatch">Roy</span>. […], volume II (in English), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for...