Young spendthrifts taking up goods on trust at great prices.
·noun Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus c...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A Welch rabbit; bread and cheese toasted, i.e. a Welch rare bit. Rabbits were also a sort of wooden ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Lazy fellows, who, by skulking, throw their proportion of labour on the shoulders of their shipmates...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- ·see Water hare. ...
A midwife. ...
(i. e. a Welch rare-bit) Bread and cheese toasted. See rabbit.--The Welch are said to be so remarka...
n. name sometimes givento a hapalote (q.v.), in New South Wales. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris