The Collaborative International Dictionary
Puck \Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.]
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(Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, ``the merry wanderer of the night;'' -- called also Robin Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc.
--Shak.He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and on him doth fall.
--Drayton. (Zo["o]l.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
Robin Goodfellow \Rob"in Good"fel`low\
A celebrated fairy; Puck. See Puck.
--Shak.
Usage examples of "robin goodfellow".
Truman about Mysterious Caller in order to tell him about the Robin Goodfellow who was actually Moloch, and he had to tell him about Moloch in order to prepare him for the story of the totally insane events that had happened in the attic.
Either I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Called Robin Goodfellow.
Now, you know Toad had a good heart, but he could be a foolish fellow when the mood took him-perhaps Robin Goodfellow had been about his cradle, eh?
You, Puck, alias Robin Goodfellow, alias Robert Goldfarb, are hereby charged with grand theft, use of a veilstone without authorization, breaking and entering into a forbidden reality, and behavior unbecoming the Designated Shrewd and Knavish Sprite of Faerie.
Tamlyn along with Robin Goodfellow and a handful of others were favorite false identities when true names were to be hidden.