rabbit-o

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rabbit +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Australia" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɹæbədoʊ/
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  • Audio (AU):(file)

Noun

rabbit-o (plural rabbit-os)

  1. (Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) Someone who sells rabbits for food, especially an itinerant salesman. [from 20th c.]
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 11:
      He would have anyone to his house who would come – bishops and rabbit-ohs, limping ex-servicemen and flash characters from the racetrack.
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