rabbit-o

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From rabbit +‎ -o.

Pronunciation
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɹæbədoʊ/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹabɪtəʊ/
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Noun

rabbit-o (plural rabbit-os)

  1. (Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) Someone who sells rabbits for food, especially an itinerant salesman. [from 20th c.]
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 11:
      He would have anyone to his house who would come – bishops and rabbit-ohs, limping ex-servicemen and flash characters from the racetrack.
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