rabbit warren
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rabbit warren
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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Hollywood Hills A rabbit warren of steep, narrow, twisty streets and near-total lack of sidewalks make foot traffic in most of this hilly neighborhood not just challenging but downright dangerous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
That renovation, which includes a new cone-shaped entrance on Seventh Avenue, transformed a claustrophobic rabbit warren into a big, wide passageway, but the price tag was astronomical and the architecture unimpressive.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
I met Jade Oliver in a rabbit warren of rickety old rooms above a shop in Ross-on Wye, picking flowers from a rainbow of colours.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2023
Sources disagree on where that was, whether in a farmyard or in the dirt-floored fruit cellar under Rabbitt’s house — the rabbit warren, so to speak.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2022
That was the first time I'd heard “heart attack” and I thought it meant your heart suddenly went crazy and attacked the rest of your body, like a ferret down a rabbit warren.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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