Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

robbing the cradle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables
rob-bing the cra-dle
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rob the cradle

Questions

What does robbing the cradle mean?
present participle and gerund of rob the cradle

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