English
gutter rabbit
Gutter rabbit comes from French lapin de gouttière.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlapin de gouttière
- Englishearliest quotation 1823gutter rabbit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentlapin de gouttière
- Englishearliest quotation 1823gutter rabbit
Earliest quotation: 1823, Charles Persius, Rouge et Noir. The Academicians of 1823: “The Pastry Cook (ambulant) puts in his pies good…”
Every English word from French lapin de gouttière
Today it means
noun A cat, or cat meat (served as a substitute for rabbit).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French lapin de gouttière / gutter rabbit