rabbito

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noun

A person who made a living by catching rabbits and selling the meat.

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Meanings

nounrabbito (countable and uncountable, plural rabbitos)

plural rabbitos

  1. AustraliacountablehistoricalslangA person who made a living by catching rabbits and selling the meat.

    This is a modernised version of Lawson's yarn: A rabbito, new to the job, was not having much luck. No matter what he did, he couldn't seem to bag a single rabbit. The old hands were doing well, so the new bloke asked them for advice.

    2010, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, page 156
  2. AustraliauncountableA taint in butter, caused by Pseudomonas putrefaciens.

Origin

From rabbit + -o.

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APA

rabbito. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbito

MLA

“rabbito.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbito. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rabbito,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rabbito.

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