gutter rabbit

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A cat, or cat meat (served as a substitute for rabbit).

   • The Pastry Cook (ambulant) puts in his pies good gutter rabbits ( cats ) .
   • A waiter placed on the table a rabbit stew in a deep dish. Coupeau turned round. "Say, boy, is that a gutter rabbit? It mews still."
   • The dog population began to shrink, while cat carcasses were decorated with colored paper and hung in butcher shop windows above signs that proclaimed the delicate pleasures of the "gutter rabbits” for sale inside.

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