buck rabbit
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
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)
He was now three-parts grown, and instead of feeding by the hedgerow with one eye on covert, he crept further and further out towards the middle of the pasture like any old buck rabbit.
From Lives of the Fur Folk by Haviland, M. D.
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
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