rabbit-o

English

Alternative forms

• rabbit-oh
• rabbito

Etymology

From rabbit +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæbədoʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹabɪtəʊ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

rabbit-o (plural rabbit-os)

1. (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, published 2003, page 11:

     He would have anyone to his house who would come – bishops and rabbit-ohs, limping ex-servicemen and flash characters from the racetrack.