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Welsh rabbit

Welsh rabbit is the alternative form of Welsh rarebit.

Meaning of Welsh rarebit

Noun

Welsh rarebit (countable and uncountable, plural Welsh rarebits)

  1. A dish of cheese melted with a little ale and served on toast.
    • Afterwards there was apple-pie and cream and a welsh rarebit. Peregrine said it was almost up to prison fare.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 25, in Crime out of Mind

Forms of Welsh rabbit

pluralWelsh rabbits

Origin of Welsh rabbit

Coined in English, but for reason unknown; see Wikipedia for theories.

Questions about Welsh rabbit

What is Welsh rabbit the alternative form of?
Welsh rabbit is the alternative form of Welsh rarebit.

Words near Welsh rabbit in the dictionary

  1. Welsh plain
  2. Welsh plains
  3. Welsh ponies
  4. Welsh pony
  5. Welsh poppy
  6. Welsh rabbit
  7. Welsh rabbits
  8. Welsh rarebit
  9. Welsh rarebits
  10. Welsh Sheep Dog
  11. Welsh Sheepdog

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Welsh rabbit (page history and authors); Welsh rarebit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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