rarebit

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The chorus girls felt that it was time for a rarebit, and more nearly expressed that emotion than they did fear.

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  • You will need nice thick fillets - anything too thin will cook too quickly and won't leave enough time for the rarebit to cook through. —  The Sunday Mail - Home
  • Place under the grill and cook until the rarebit is golden and bubbling. —  The Sunday Mail - Home
  • The cheese on toast - rarebit by the Gladstone's Marc Breton - smelled a touch foul but tasted quite nice. —  blogTO
  • Have ready a slice of toast for each rarebit (crusts trimmed); put a slice on each plate, and pour cheese enough over each piece to cover it. —  My Pet Recipes, Tried and True Contributed by the Ladies and Friends of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec
  • All acid fruits, rich desserts, certain coarse vegetables, concoctions of all descriptions such as rarebit, condiments, highly seasoned sauce, etc., should be avoided Acid fruitades, such as lemonade, limeade and orangeade, can be taken by a small per cent of nursing mothers; and, since fruit acids are neutralized and alkalized in the process of digestion and assimilation, and since they are the very fruit-drinks we prescribe for patients suffering with an increased acidity, it would appear that they were in every way wholesome for the mother--if they in no way interfere with the baby. —  The Mother and Her Child
 

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  1. Probably alteration of (Welsh) rabbit.

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  1. An altered form of rabbit in the phrase Welsh rabbit, simulating an absurd derivation from rare + bit, as if ‘a rare delicacy.’
 

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/ˈrɛrbɪt/
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