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Rob·bins

[rob-inz]
noun
1.
Frederick C(hapman) 1916–2003, U.S. physician: Nobel prize 1954.
2.
Jerome, 1918–1998, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
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Robbins (ˈrɒbɪnz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Jerome. 1918--98, US ballet dancer and choreographer. He choreographed the musicals The King and I (1951) and West Side Story (1957)

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Robbins Rob·bins (rŏb'ĭnz), Frederick Chapman. Born 1916.

American microbiologist. He shared a 1954 Nobel Prize for work on the cultivation of the polio virus.

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