Robbin \Rob"bin\, n. (Com.) A kind of package in which pepper and other dry commodities are sometimes exported from the East Indies. The robbin of rice in Malabar weighs about 84 pounds. --Simmonds.
Robbin \Rob"bin\, n. (Naut.) See {Ropeband}.
Ropeband \Rope"band`\, n. (Naut.) A small piece of spun yarn or marline, used to fasten the head of the sail to the spar. [Written also {roband}, and {robbin}.]
"If we don't do it this spring, the opportunity won't be there next spring." says Robbin S. Johnson, vice president for public affairs at Cargill Inc., the giant agribusiness concern.
Mandela, 71, arriving in New York today, spent part of his time in jail on Robbin Island, a notorious prison off the coast of Cape Town.