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[syn: Welsh rarebit, Welsh rabbit, rarebit]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rarebit \Rare"bit\ (r[^a]r"b[i^]t), n.
A dainty morsel; a Welsh rabbit. See Welsh rabbit, under
Rabbit.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rarebit
n 1: cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast [syn:
Welsh rarebit, Welsh rabbit, rarebit]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
RAREBIT, n. A Welsh rabbit, in the speech of the humorless, who point
out that it is not a rabbit. To whom it may be solemnly explained
that the comestible known as toad-in-a-hole is really not a toad, and
that _riz-de-veau a la financiere_ is not the smile of a calf prepared
after the recipe of a she banker.