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[roast]

See: [WEINER ROAST] or [HOT DOG ROAST].

[roasting ear]  {n.}

An ear of corn young and tender enough to be cooked and eaten; also corn cooked on the cob.

The scouts buried the roasting ears in the coals of their campfire.

* /At the Fourth of July picnic we had fried chicken and roasting  […]

[rob Peter to pay Paul]  {v. phr.}

To change one duty or need for another; take from one person or thing to pay another.

Bill owed Sam a dollar, so he borrowed another from Joe to pay Sam back. He robbed Peter to pay Paul.

* /Trying to study a  […]

[rob the cradle]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To have dates with or marry a person much younger than yourself.

When the old woman married a young man, everyone said she was robbing the cradle.

- [cradle-robber]  {n.}

* /The judge died when he was  […]

[rob the till] or [have one's hand in the till]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

To steal money in your trust or for which you are responsible.

The supermarket manager suspected that one of the clerks was robbing the till.

* /Mr. Jones deposited one thousand  […]

[robbery]

See: [HIGHWAY ROBBERY].

[robin]

See: [ROUND ROBIN].

[rock]

See:

[HAVE ROCKS IN ONE'S HEAD],

[ON THE ROCKS].

[rock and roll]

See: [ROCK 'N' ROLL].

[rock hound]  {n.},  {slang}

A person who studies and collects rocks for a hobby.

Many young rock hounds grow up to be geologists.