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rabbitry|ˈræbɪtrɪ|
[f. rabbit n.1 + -ry.]
1. A place in which rabbits are kept; a collection of rabbits. Also, rabbit-breeding.
1838Loudon Suburban Gardener 712 The Rabbitry.—..The warren may either be close to the rabbit-house, or at any covenient distance. 1854Wood Anim. Life (ed. 2) 299 A curious circumstance occurred in my rabbitry. 1886Poultry, etc. 17 Sept. 463 Rye flour may be used to an advantage in the rabbitry. 1968Punch 12 June 858/3 Anyone with distressful childhood memories of pet does unconcernedly making away with their blind and naked young may like to know that commercial rabbitry has just about eradicated such uneconomic vice.
2. slang. In sport, poor performers (collect.). Also, poor play or performance in any game. Cf. rabbit n.1 2 a.
1930Observer 25 May 16 The rabbitry..is faithful to the definition of the game [sc. golf] as ‘pedestrianism round the margin of the links’. 1932A. Marshall Mrs. Jim v. 44 Her two younger girls..were made welcome at these [tennis] parties, so that Mrs. Gurdon's rabbitry should not be put to shame. |