kill the rabbit

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

What about her? She killed the rabbit..

kill 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.)
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