"roof rabbit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: roof rabbits [plural]
Etymology: From roof + rabbit. From the common habit of cats to prowl on rooftops, and the meat being sold or passed off as rabbit. Similar formations exist in several European languages. Perhaps the earliest attestation (and eventual origin?) is Middle Low German bönhase (“cat”, literally “loft hare”), which is attested in the early 14th century (as a name and thus probably even older). More at German Bönhase and Dachhase. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|roof|rabbit}} roof + rabbit, {{der|en|gml|bönhase|lit=loft hare|t=cat}} Middle Low German bönhase (“cat”, literally “loft hare”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} roof rabbit (plural roof rabbits)
  1. (euphemistic) cat meat Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Meats Synonyms: gutter rabbit Translations ((euphemistic) cat meat — see also cat meat): dakhaas [masculine] (Dutch), lapin de gouttière (French), Dachhase [masculine] (German), coniglio di grondaia (Italian)

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