DCHP-2
jack-rabbit DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
any of several large North American hares found in the West, as Lepus americanus and, especially, L. townsendii.
See also: jack (def. 5a)
- 1882 A cache of 35 gallons of whisky was discovered lately in the Pelly River Valley . . . by a policeman while hunting a jack rabbit.
- 1905 So they all went to the shed and found five live jack-rabbits which this athletic Etonian had run down, thinking they belonged to the sheep.
- 1963 The big prairie jack-rabbits were congregating for their evening meal.
- 1882 A cache of 35 gallons of whisky was discovered lately in the Pelly River Valley . . . by a policeman while hunting a jack rabbit.