rabbit-o

noun

rabbit-o

noun

UK /ˈɹabɪtəʊ/ · AU /ˈɹæbədoʊ/

Etymology From rabbit + -o.

1

Australia, New Zealand, Colloquial, Historical Someone who sells rabbits for food, especially an itinerant salesman.

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, published 2003, page 11:

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