Sir Robert Borden

English

Noun

Sir Robert Borden (plural Sir Robert Bordens)

1. Alternative form of Robert Borden
   • 2007 September, Marion-Ann Berry, “Tofino Timeless”, in Tofino Time, page 27:

     […] Theresa’s letting him go ahead with the filming for a few Sir Robert Bordens - let’s say about one hundred of them.”

   • 2009, Adria Vasil, “Bank on your eco future”, in Now, Toronto, Volume 28, Number 25, 18 February-25 February 2009:

     Translation: after the financial sky stops falling, companies that have built sustainability into their business model should deliver the Benjamins, or in the case of Canadian $100 bills, the Sir Robert Bordens.

   • 2013 January 3, Guy Macpherson, “Laughs take Paul Myrehaug around the globe”, in The Georgia Straight:

     In 2007, one year after finishing second in the Seattle International Comedy Competition (losing out to Vancouverite Damonde Tschritter, but placing ahead of American Rory Scovel, no less), Myrehaug won the Great Canadian Laugh-Off in Toronto, taking home a cool $25,000 for his efforts. That’s a lot of Sir Robert Bordens for anyone, let alone for a kid in Canadian show biz.