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buck rabbit

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noun

  1. Welsh rabbit with either an egg or a piece of toast on top

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If you had a buck rabbit, would Nellie be a good name for it?

From Time Magazine Archive

Aron said, “I’ve got a buck rabbit weighs fifteen pounds. I’m going to give it to my father for his birthday.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

All greeted Siward amiably—all excepting one who may not have seen him—an elderly, pink, soft gentleman with white downy chop-whiskers and the profile of a benevolent buck rabbit.

From The Fighting Chance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

I hain’t no more sense than a buck rabbit, and I ain’t sure a new-littered pup couldn’t put me to sleep for savvee.

From The Twins of Suffering Creek by Cullum, Ridgwell

Siward watched him with mixed emotions; the lambent-eyed, sheepy expression had given place to the buck rabbit; his smooth baby-pink skin and downy white side whiskers quivered in premature sympathy with his listener's overwhelming hilarity.

From The Fighting Chance by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

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