rarebitn.
/ˈrɛːbɪt/, /ˈrabɪt/, U.S. /ˈrɛrbət/, /ˈræbət/ 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 5.
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toasted cheese1589
Welsh rabbit1725
Scotch rabbit1747
Welsh rarebit1781
cheese toast1808
rarebit1848
cheese on toast1880
buck rarebit1927
1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue at Rabbit A Welch rabbit, bread and cheese toasted, i.e. a Welch rare bit.]
1848 Amer. 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.
1865 Times 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.
1937 M. Hillis Orchids on your Budget vi. 111 Any man worth anything could toss off a rarebit or an omelet.
1987 N.Y. Times 7 June x. 16/2 Switzerland's traditional croute en fromage, a rarebit prepared with Bagnes, the soft cheese of the region.
1996 Q 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.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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