jugged hare

American  

noun

1. a stew made of wild rabbit, usually cooked in an earthenware jug or stone pot.

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jugged hare British  

noun

1. a stew of hare cooked in an earthenware pot or casserole

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Example Sentences

Others include jugged hare and flummery - an oat-based fermented jelly, associated with farmhouse production and poverty.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

He wanted to taste all the food: the pigeon pies, the honey tarts, that suckling pig with the apple in its mouth, and the jugged hare.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli

“For the last time for eight months we really had as much as we could eat. Anchovies in oil, baked beans, and jugged hare made a glorious mixture.”

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

The young kangaroo of two or three months old, makes a tolerable substitute for jugged hare, and is frequently on the tables of the settlers.

From Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by Davidson, G. F.

The hare must not be too high; cut it into pieces as for jugged hare.

From Dressed Game and Poultry à la Mode by Salis, Harriet A. de