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''<section begin=proverb />Robin Hood's mile<section end=proverb />'' is a mile considerably longer than the reconized length, perhaps even, as Dobson & Taylor suggest, "a mile of several times the recognized length".<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 291.</ref> Presumably this expression has itrs background in exaggerated claims about Robin Hood's flight shooting abilities. | ''<section begin=proverb />Robin Hood's mile<section end=proverb />'' is a mile considerably longer than the reconized length, perhaps even, as Dobson & Taylor suggest, "a mile of several times the recognized length".<ref>{{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 291.</ref> Presumably this expression has itrs background in exaggerated claims about Robin Hood's flight shooting abilities. | ||
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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2014-10-16. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2017-12-18.
Robin Hood's mile is a mile considerably longer than the reconized length, perhaps even, as Dobson & Taylor suggest, "a mile of several times the recognized length".[1] Presumably this expression has itrs background in exaggerated claims about Robin Hood's flight shooting abilities.
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