kill the rabbit

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Definition of kill the rabbit in English English dictionary

: To get a positive test result from an old-fashioned pregnancy test

What about her? She killed the rabbit..

Hyphenation

kill the rab·bit

Turkish pronunciation

kîl dhi räbıt

Pronunciation

/ˈkəl ᴛʜē ˈrabət/ /ˈkɪl ðiː ˈræbət/

Etymology

() Before the days of instant pregnancy tests, a woman's sample was injected into a rabbit. There were several varieties of tests; one allegedly would kill the rabbit if the pregnancy hormone was present in the sample (most accounts indicate the rabbit was killed and dissected either way.)