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kill the rabbit

verb

Etymology

Before the days of instant pregnancy tests, a woman's sample was injected into a rabbit. There were several varieties of tests; one allegedly would kill the rabbit if the pregnancy hormone was present in the sample (most accounts indicate the rabbit was killed and dissected either way.)

Definitions

  1. To get a positive test result from an old-fashioned pregnancy test.

    • "What about her?" "She killed the rabbit."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA