Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sucking rabbit; a young rabbit.
- noun A gull; a dupe; a cony. See
cony , 7.
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Examples
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Depose me? if thou dost it half so gravely, so majestically, both in word and matter, hang me up by the heels for a rabbit-sucker or a poulters hare.
Act II. Scene IV. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914
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Depose me? if thou dost it half so gravely, so majestically, both in word and matter, hang me up by the heels for a rabbit-sucker, or a poulterer's hare.
Characters of Shakespeare's Plays William Hazlitt 1804
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Depose me? if thou dost it half so gravely, so majestically, both in word and matter, hang me up by the heels for a rabbit-sucker or a poulter's hare.
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Depose me? if thou dost it half so gravely, so majestically, both in word and matter, hang me up by the heels for a rabbit-sucker or a poulter’s hare.
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