bunny

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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

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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.

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ELIZABETH KNOWLES

bunny

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bunny †term of endearment for a woman or a child; rabbit. XVII. f. BUN2 + -Y6.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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