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- noun Plural form of
rabbit .
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As generations go by, there may gradually come a point, not clearly defined, when the norm of what we call rabbits will have departed so far as to deserve a different name.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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As generations go by, there may gradually come a point, not clearly defined, when the norm of what we call rabbits will have departed so far as to deserve a different name.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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SPCA animal protection officer who wants the university to immediately tell students that killing or hurting the rabbits is illegal and inhumane.
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Yes | No | Report from cooner wrote 1 week 3 days ago the best way to hunt rabbits is with a beagle
I just went hunting specifically for snowshoe hares for the first time yesterday. 2010
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Stalking rabbits is good fun though, and a chase through the brush is all I need to get the blood pumping.
High Powered Scopes 2009
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All Answers from GiantWhitetails wrote 29 weeks 1 day ago ive noticed an increase in rabbits, but the coyotes are still there. it has rained alot this year so maybe that helped the rabbits.
I'm looking for a new reel (Disk drag preferred) for a Spey rod, Its an 8 wt rod, any help? 2009
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Yes | No | Report from cooner wrote 1 week 3 days ago the best way to hunt rabbits is with a beagle
I just went hunting specifically for snowshoe hares for the first time yesterday. 2010
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He saw the watch below of stokers and trimmers bobbing out of the forecastle doors like rabbits from a warren and making their way aft over the rusty deck to the mustering of the port doctor.
THE SEA FARMER 2010
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Remove rabbits from the fridge and fill the pan with just enough water to almost cover the rabbits.
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SPCA animal protection officer who wants the university to immediately tell students that killing or hurting the rabbits is illegal and inhumane.
pterodactyl commented on the word rabbits
There's a family tradition that if, on the first of the month, the first word out of your mouth is rabbits, you'll have good luck that month. Around my house, every time a new month begins, you'll see my family stumbling out of bed and greeting each other with a mumbled "Rabbits?".
September 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word rabbits
I want to see your family stumbling around mumbling "rabbits?" at each other. Can you make a digital video for me?
September 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word rabbits
Rabbits are the mortal enemies of bilbies. Rabbits bring bad luck.
September 1, 2008
she commented on the word rabbits
D'aw. Haha, how on earth did that get started? ..I think I'm going to have to tell the friend I address almost exclusively as Rabbits (named Robert) about this.
Bilby—how are you faring against the distractive powers of all their twitchy little noses?
September 1, 2008
bilby commented on the word rabbits
Oh, I can out-twitch any old wascally wabbit at twenty paces.
September 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word rabbits
In Australia, yes, rabbits do bring bad luck (and myxomatosis--at least to the rabbits). :( But I suspect ptero's family doesn't live there, in which case those twitchy noses might actually be beneficial in some way...?
I would feel weirder mumbling "bilbies?" at my family members than mumbling "rabbits," but now that the possibility's been raised... Hmm...
She, I wonder if it got started in the same way that the rabbit's-foot-as-talisman did. And perhaps rabbits are considered good luck because they were an important protein source for people who lived (or poached, whatever it may have been called in their respective cultures) off the land.
September 1, 2008
she commented on the word rabbits
Ooh: ha! I completely misread this as being unique to pterodactyl's family! (Here I was, imagining someone sitting Great Uncle Ptero down in his childhood: "Alright. Here's what we're gonna do—")
September 1, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word rabbits
Nahhhh, let's keep theorizing. :) I like the idea of great-uncle Ptero.
September 2, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word rabbits
No, it sure isn't unique to our family. I've met quite a few people who do the same thing. There's even some folkloric variation: some people say rabbits, some people say rabbit rabbit.
In fact, I bet Google will back me up on this one...
*runs off to check*
September 2, 2008
pterodactyl commented on the word rabbits
Well, lookie here -- it has its own Wikipedia page.
*grins smugly*
September 2, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word rabbits
Wait. You didn't say they had to be white rabbits!
I think your great uncle is behind that Wiki page. Or maybe Jefferson Airplane. Or... both? *ponders*
September 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word rabbits
'As early as 1420'. Wow, superstitions have a way of hanging around.
Ptero, you realise that now you have started, you will have to add rabbits to a new list on the first of every month?
September 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word rabbits
Some confessions on white rabbits too.
September 17, 2008