lapin
Americannoun
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a rabbit.
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rabbit fur, especially when trimmed and dyed.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of lapin
1900–05; < French, Middle French, perhaps, by suffix alteration, from laperean rabbit < Ibero-Romance; cf. cony
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New Yorkers raving over slowly braised lapin, complaining about the too small holes in their bread and cheeses!
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
This she kept to herself; it was her wise policy to remain douce comme un lapin blanc, which she did.
From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma
It was at this time that Saby sold us a few rabbits, but, again, toujours lapin was not satisfactory.
From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred
He remains the same man as he of whom the brave Commander Bravida used to say: "He's a lapin..."
From Tartarin On The Alps by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
He sang—but now more violently, and as though with a worthy protest:Le lièvre et le lapin, Quand c'est bien cuit, ça fait du bien.
From Hills and the Sea by Belloc, Hilaire
It had a very faded sign above the door, some billiard cues painted on the wall and the inoffensive name "Au rendezvous des lapins".
From Tartarin De Tarascon by Colt, Oliver C.
And the mission of these men of intelligent culture seemed to be to poser des lapins sur la jeune presse.
From Vain Fortune by Moore, George (George Augustus)
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