rabbit warren ExamplesWord Origin noun
Origin of rabbit warren First recorded in 1760–70 Examples from the Web for rabbit warren Historical Examples of rabbit warren
She drew a rabbit-warren where rabbits were at play in four dimensions.
E. M. Forster
In the Irish language, Cuinicear, pronounced “Keenèkar,” is a rabbit-warren.
Notes and Queries, Number 180, April 9, 1853
Various
There is a rabbit-warren on the north-east of the island, belonging to the Duke of Argyle.
Boswell
“I’ve been to see the rabbit-warren at the goat-house up Hook Mountain road,” replied Joe.
Harper’s Young People, April 26, 1881
Various
I asked him to allow me to make use of his forge to make a pike, to put round a rabbit-warren, or fish-pond.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2
Camden Pelham