rabbit v.1
a euph. for damn v., esp. as an oath (e.g. rabbit it!).
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Joseph Andrews (1954) III 259: Rabbit the fellow! | |
| Roderick Random (1979) 96: Rabbit it! I have forgot the degree. | |
| She Stoops to Conquer Act V: Rabbit me, but I’d rather ride forty miles after a fox than ten with such varment. | |
| Heir at Law I ii: Rabbit it! I be ready to choke for joy! | |
 | Who Wants a Guinea? I i: These are nice pipes, rabbit me if they an’t! | |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | (con. early 17C) Fortunes of Nigel II 285: Rabbit me, I am a soldier, and care no more for a lord than a lamplighter! | |
![[Ind]](/static/img/flags/ind.png "India") | Dew & Mildew 234: ‘Stap my Vitals! You can also Rabbit Me while you are about it’. |