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Tommy rabbit is British slang for a pomegranate.
A derail; an arrangement for preventing serious wrecks by sidetracking runaway trains, cars, or locomotives on a downgrade. Unlike regular sidetracks, the derail ends relatively abruptly on flat trackless land instead of curving back onto the main line. The term rabbit is applied to this device because of the timidity involved
http://pregnancy.about.com/library/weekly/aa090901a.htm explains more about the expression "the rabbit died" which was used as a euphemism for "I'm pregnant." The rabbit *always* died, actually, regardless of whether or not the woman was pregnant. While I certainly remember hearing this expression used when I was a kid back in the '70s, it came into usage many decades before that.
Skin color. From the "Uncle Remus" (Br'er Rabbit) story.
Rabbit hutch is London Cockney rhyming slang for the groin (crutch).
Buy the rabbit is slang for to fare badly or come off worse.
Rabbit's paw is London Cockney rhyming slang for to scold (jaw).
Verb. To talk, often unceasingly. Abb. rhyming slang, from Rabbit and Pork. E.g."Stop rabbitting and get on with your work." {Informal}
Rabbit−o is Australian slang for an itinerant seller of rabbits for food.
Skinned rabbit is British slang for a flacid penis.
Rabbit (shortened from rabbit and pork) is Cockney rhyming slang for to talk, often unceasingly. Rabbit is derogatory slang for a person who is a novice or bad at a sport or game. Rabbit is Australian and nautical slang for a smuggled or stolen article.Rabbit is Australian and nautical slang for borrow, steal.
a way of saying someone is NOT pregnant. It refers to the old test of injecting a rabbit with a woman's urine. If the rabbit didn't live, the woman wasn't pregnant; if it did, she was.
Rabbit and pork is London Cockney rhyming slang for talk.
Talk. He's always rabbitting on about something.
BEYOND THE RABBIT−PROOF FENCE
Beyond the rabbit−proof fence is Australian slang for the wild countryside.
To talk. From the cockney rhyming slang 'Rabbit and pork' = talk.
A way of stating someone is pregnant. Refers to the old test of injecting a rabbit. If the rabbit survived, the person wasn't pregnant, if it died, they were.
Dead rabbit is British slang for an impotent penis.
Rabbit food is slang for fresh, uncooked fruit and vegetables.
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v. i.
To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.
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An order of mammals having two (rarely four) large incisor teeth in each jaw, distant from the molar teeth. The rats, squirrels, rabbits, marmots, and beavers belong to this order.
v. i.
To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon.
v. t.
To bring forth; to produce, as young; to bear; -- said especially of rabbits.
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Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys, resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare. See Chief hare.
v. i.
To hasten away or along; to move rapidly; to hurry; as, the rabbit scurried away.
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Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits.
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The hunting of rabbits.
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A small mammal (Hyrax Capensis), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also rock rabbit.
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Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.
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A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.
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Any rodent of the genus Arctomys. The common European marmot (A. marmotta) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species (A. monax) is the woodchuck.
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A place where rabbits are kept; especially, a collection of hutches for tame rabbits.
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Any marsupial of the genus Perameles, which includes numerous species found in Australia. They somewhat resemble rabbits in size and form. See Illust. under Bandicoot.
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A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under Rabbit.
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A breed of dogs that tumble when pursuing game. They were formerly used in hunting rabbits.
v. t.
To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
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A piece of ground for the breeding of rabbits.
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