Welsh rarebit
[An etymologizing alteration of prec. There is no evidence of the independent use of rarebit.]
= prec.
| 1785 Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Rabbit, a Welch rabbit, bread and cheese toasted, i.e. a Welch rare bit. 1845 Alb. Smith Fort. Scatterg. Fam. xliii, One of those inextricable visions which are alone dependent upon love, or Welsh rare⁓bits, for their origin. 1865 Morn. Star 10 Apr., Then you advance to steaks,..thence to marrow-bones, thence to Welsh rarebit. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps i. vi. §6 He had also eaten two Welsh rarebits—an unusual supper. |