"kill the rabbit" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-kill the rabbit.ogg [Australia] Forms: kills the rabbit [present, singular, third-person], killing the rabbit [participle, present], killed the rabbit [participle, past], killed the rabbit [past]
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.) Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kill the rabbit (third-person singular simple present kills the rabbit, present participle killing the rabbit, simple past and past participle killed the rabbit)
  1. (dated, slang) To get a positive test result from an old-fashioned pregnancy test. Tags: dated, slang Related terms: the rabbit died
    Sense id: en-kill_the_rabbit-en-verb-Kj5EqV-M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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