Robert is your mother's brother

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Robert is your mother's brother

  1. Alternative form of Robert's your mother's brother.
    • 1947 May 10, “Personal”, in Kensington Post & West London Star, number 5765, Kensington, →OCLC, page 6, column 8:
      DO you know that the Kensington Goldsmiths Co. Ltd. have opened their premises at 22, Kensinsgton Church St. You will be surprised at their reasonable prices, & if you have gold or silver to sell, Robert is your mother’s brother.
    • 1984 September 15, “Routine Inquiries”, in Peter Worlock, editor, Personal Computer News, number 78, London: VNU Business Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 3:
      This last is the crucial point. If you can change the I register to point to your own routine, Robert is your mother’s brother. Cracking this is by no means easy, but there are plenty of books around that supply the information.
    • 2015, Allan Boroughs, “You’re Supposed to Be Dead”, in Bloodstone, London: Macmillan Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 139:
      There are several merchant vessels in the harbour and I am sure one of them must be headed towards Sing City. All I have to do is explain that I am a monk of the brotherhood and Robert is your mother’s brother.
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