rabbit-o
English
Alternative forms
- rabbit-oh
- rabbit-o
Etymology
From rabbit + -o.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɹæbədoʊ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹabɪtəʊ/
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
rabbit-o (plural rabbit-os)
- (Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) Someone who sells rabbits for food, especially an itinerant salesman. [from 20th c.]
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 11:
- He would have anyone to his house who would come – bishops and rabbit-ohs, limping ex-servicemen and flash characters from the racetrack.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 11: