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Goodfellow (Robin)

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Sometimes called Puck, son of Oberon, a domestic spirit, the constant attendant on the English fairy-court; full of tricks and fond of practical jokes.

“That shrewd and knavish sprite

Called Robin Goodfellow.”

Shakespeare: Midsummer Night’s Dream, ii. 1.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.