单词 | rabbit-o man |
释义 | > as lemmasrabbit-o man A (usually itinerant) seller of rabbits as food. Also more fully rabbit-o man. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of poultry or game poultera1400 poulterer1534 poultryman1538 turkey-merchant1699 rabbit-o1902 1902 Truth (Sydney) 11 May 5/7 The poor animal finishes its slavery in the shafts of the ‘bottle-oh’ van, or amidst the floggings of the ‘rabbit-oh’ push. 1911 A. Wright Gambler's Gold 75 Engaged in the hopeless task of trying to win the Rabbit-O man's money. 1975 Sydney Morning Herald 9 Apr. 1 Now 65, he is probably the last rabbit-oh in Sydney. 1987 S. Eldred-Grigg Oracles Miracles ii. 40 Then there was the rabbit-o, who sometimes talked Mum into buying a couple of his little skinned carcasses. < as lemmas |
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