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Definition of rarebit noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rarebit

noun

/ˈreəbɪt/

/ˈrerbɪt/

(also Welsh rarebit)

[uncountable]

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Word Originlate 18th cent.: alteration of rabbit in Welsh rabbit; the reason for the use of the term rabbit is unknown.

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