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bunny a child's word for a rabbit.
bunny boiler a woman who takes revenge after having been spurned by her lover, with reference to the film Fatal Attraction, in which a jilted mistress boils her lover's pet rabbit. bunny girl a club hostess, waitress, or photographic model, wearing a skimpy costume with ears and a tail suggestive of a rabbit. See also Easter of Chancery. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "bunny." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "bunny." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-bunny.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "bunny." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-bunny.html |
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bun·ny / ˈbənē/ • n. (pl. -nies) inf. (also bunny rabbit) a rabbit, esp. a young one. ∎ inf. a person of a specified type or in a specified mood: ski slopes crawling with snow bunnies. |
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"bunny." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bunny." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bunny.html "bunny." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bunny.html |
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Bunny Notts. Bonei 1086 (DB). Probably ‘island, or dry ground in marsh, where reeds grow’. OE bune + ēg.
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A. D. MILLS. "Bunny." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Bunny." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Bunny.html A. D. MILLS. "Bunny." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Bunny.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "bunny." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bunny." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bunny.html T. F. HOAD. "bunny." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bunny.html |
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•abalone, Albinoni, Annigoni, Antonioni, baloney, Bodoni, boloney, bony, calzone, cannelloni, canzone, cicerone, coney, conversazione, coronae, crony, Gaborone, Giorgione, macaroni, Manzoni, Marconi, mascarpone, minestrone, Moroni, Mulroney, padrone, panettoni, pepperoni, phoney, polony, pony, rigatoni, Shoshone, Sloaney, stony, Toni, tony, zabaglione
•cartoony, lacunae, loony, Moonie, moony, Nguni, puny, Rooney, spoony, uni
•Sunni
•bunny, dunny, funny, gunny, honey, money, runny, sonny, sunny, tunny
•twopenny • chutney • beermoney
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"bunny." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bunny." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bunny.html "bunny." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bunny.html |
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