"JACK ROBINSON "
Few people who use .the phrase are aware that " Jack Robinson " was a real person. As a politician, John Robinson was a great favourite with George 111. His political career was a long one, for he was a member for Harwich during 26 vears, being 011 one occasion bitterly attacked by Sheridan, who, denouncing bribery and its instigators, replied to the cries of " Name, name," by pointing to Robinson on the Treasury bench, exclaiming at the same time, " Yes, I could namo him as soon as I could say Jack Robinson.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)
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93"JACK ROBINSON " New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 9 (Supplement)
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