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roof rabbit

roof rabbit noun: cat meat.

Noun

roof rabbit (plural roof rabbits)

  1. (euphemistic) cat meat
    Synonyms:
    gutter rabbit

Synonyms of roof rabbit

Forms of roof rabbit

pluralroof rabbits

Origin of roof rabbit

From roof + rabbit. From the common habit of cats to prowl on rooftops, and the meat being sold or passed off as rabbit. Similar formations exist in several European languages. Perhaps the earliest attestation (and eventual origin?) is Middle Low German bönhase (“cat”, literally “loft hare”), which is attested in the early 14th century (as a name and thus probably even older). More at German Bönhase and Dachhase.

Questions about roof rabbit

What does roof rabbit mean?
Roof rabbit means cat meat.
What part of speech is roof rabbit?
Roof rabbit is a noun.
What is the plural of roof rabbit?
The plural of roof rabbit is roof rabbits.

Words near roof rabbit in the dictionary

  1. roof over
  2. roof over one's head
  3. roof over the head
  4. roof prism
  5. roof prisms
  6. roof rabbit
  7. roof rabbits
  8. roof rack
  9. roof racks
  10. roof rake
  11. roof rakes

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