(Australia, slang, historical, countable) A person who made a living by catching rabbits and selling the meat.
(Australia, slang, historical, countable) A person who made a living by catching rabbits and selling the meat.
"rabbito" means: A person who made a living by catching rabbits and selling the meat.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
"rabbito" means: A person who made a living by catching rabbits and selling the meat.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
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(Australia, and, New Zealand, _, colloquial, now, _, historical) Someone who sells rabbits for food, especially an itinerant salesman.
(UK, slang, archaic) To get the worst of a bargain.
(Australia, New Zealand) An authority responsible for the management and control of wild rabbits.
Australian humorous euphemism for rabbit or rabbit meat, playing on the animal's burrowing habits and the fact that rabbit was a common cheap protein source during hard times. The term captures a wry Australian fondness for deadpan nicknames that make something unglamorous sound almost respectable. Still understood in Australia, though rabbit is less central to the diet than it once was.
"rabbito" means: A person who made a living by catching rabbits and selling the meat.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. Note the regional or dialect label (historical) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in
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(Australia, uncountable) A taint in butter, caused by Pseudomonas putrefaciens.
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