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rabbito

rabbito noun: a person who made a living by catching rabbits and selling the meat.

Noun

rabbito (countable and uncountable, plural rabbitos)

  1. (Australia, countable, historical, slang) A person who made a living by catching rabbits and selling the meat.
    • This is a modernised version of Lawson's yarn: A rabbito, new to the job, was not having much luck. No matter what he did, he couldn't seem to bag a single rabbit. The old hands were doing well, so the new bloke asked them for advice.2010, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, page 156
  2. (Australia, uncountable) A taint in butter, caused by Pseudomonas putrefaciens.

Forms of rabbito

pluralrabbitos

Origin of rabbito

From rabbit + -o.

Questions about rabbito

What does rabbito mean?
Rabbito means a person who made a living by catching rabbits and selling the meat.
What part of speech is rabbito?
Rabbito is a noun.
What is the plural of rabbito?
The plural of rabbito is rabbitos.

Words near rabbito in the dictionary

  1. Rabbitland
  2. rabbitless
  3. rabbitlike
  4. rabbitling
  5. rabbitlings
  6. rabbito
  7. rabbitos
  8. rabbitpox
  9. rabbitproof
  10. rabbitries
  11. rabbitroot

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