English Explanatory Dictionary

buy the rabbit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To get the worst of a bargain.

Word forms

buy the rabbit buys the rabbit buying the rabbit bought the rabbit

Etymology

According to Hotten: from an old story about a man selling a cat to a foreigner as a rabbit.

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