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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 fever
  2. rabbit fevers
  3. rabbit flea
  4. rabbit food
  5. rabbit foods
  6. rabbit foot
  7. rabbit hole
  8. rabbit holes
  9. rabbit holing
  10. rabbit hutch
  11. rabbit hutches

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