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rabbit-foot

rabbit-foot is the alternative form of rabbit's foot.

Meaning of rabbit's foot

Noun

rabbit's foot (plural rabbits' feet)

  1. (US) A charm carried to bring good luck, traditionally consisting of the left rear foot of a rabbit.
    • A rabbit's foot may bring good luck to you, but it brought none to the rabbit.1912, Ambrose Bierce, “Epigrams of a Cynic”, in A Cynic Looks at Life

Forms of rabbit-foot

pluralrabbit-feet

Questions about rabbit-foot

What is rabbit-foot the alternative form of?
Rabbit-foot is the alternative form of rabbit's foot.

Words near rabbit-foot in the dictionary

  1. rabbit-ear irises
  2. rabbit-eared
  3. rabbit-eared bandicoot
  4. rabbit-eared bandicoots
  5. rabbit-feet
  6. rabbit-foot
  7. rabbit-hearted
  8. rabbit-hole
  9. rabbit-holes
  10. rabbit-holing
  11. rabbit-o

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