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rarebit |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rarebit \Rare"bit\, n. A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See {Welsh rabbit}, under {Rabbit}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rarebit n : cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast [syn: {Welsh rarebit}, {Welsh rabbit}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: RAREBIT, n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and that _riz-de-veau a la financiere_ is not the smile of a calf prepared after the recipe of a she banker.
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