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▪ I. rarebit
see Welsh rabbit.
▪ II. rarebit, n.
Brit. |ˈrɛːbɪt|, |ˈrabɪt|, U.S. |ˈrɛrbət|, |ˈræbət|
[Short for Welsh rarebit n.]
A dish of melted and seasoned cheese on toast, sometimes with other ingredients; = Welsh rarebit n. Cf. buck rarebit n. at buck n.1 Compounds 4.
[1785F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Rabbit, A Welch rabbit, bread and cheese toasted, i.e. a Welch rare bit.] 1848Amer. Whig Rev. July 85/1 Rum-punch, which is usually compounded of Jamaica spirits and hot water in nearly equal proportions, and rarebits,..which are slices of bread thickly covered with melted cheese, and eaten with large quantities of mustard. 1865Times 20 Jan. 11/3 The savoury commodity is safely carried along the street under the detective's very nose, whose only notion or desire concerning the cheese may be that it would make a nice rarebit for his supper. 1937M. Hillis Orchids on your Budget (1938) vi. 109 Any man worth anything could toss off a rarebit or an omelette. 1987N.Y. Times 7 June x. 16/2 Switzerland's traditional croute en fromage, a rarebit prepared with Bagnes, the soft cheese of the region. 1996Q Jan. 60/3 Toasted sandwich. Sealing of sarnies hailed as Mao-esque leap forward, though widespread tongue-scalding sent many scurrying back to trad Rarebit. |