roof rabbit
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roof rabbit
Where it comes from
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.
noun roof rabbits
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cat meat
Similar: gutter rabbit
Translations
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noun (euphemistic) cat meat — see also cat meat
| Français | lapin de gouttière |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Dachhase |
| Italiano | coniglio di grondaia |
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