buy the rabbit

verb

Etymology

According to Hotten: from an old story about a man selling a cat to a foreigner as a rabbit.

Definitions

  1. To get the worst of a bargain.

    • This is ruffian-like, by superiority of numbers to endeavor to make honest people buy the rabbit.

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