welsh rarebit

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English - Turkish
gal tavşanı
(isim) peynirli kızarmış ekmek
{i} peynirli kızarmış ekmek
English - English
a dish of cheese melted with a little ale and served on toast
Welsh 'rabbit a dish of cheese melted on bread
{i} Welsh rabbit, dish made with melted cheese and beer served over toast or crackers
cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast
Welsh rarebits
plural form of Welsh rarebit
welsh rarebit

    Hyphenation

    welsh rare·bit

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Corruption of Welsh rabbit. First attested by Francis Grose in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue in 1785; he erroneously marked Welsh rabbit as a corruption (inverting the historical order); this idea may have originated with him, or been widespread at the time."When Francis Grose defined Welsh rabbit in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue in 1785, he mistakenly indicated that rabbit was a corruption of rarebit. It is not certain that this erroneous idea originated with Grose....",
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