rarebit
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- noun
- /ˈrɛrbɪt/
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rarebit
- Courtesy of Stouffer's (inter alia), your local grocery vends boxes of Welsh rarebit, a concoction of toast and cheese that can be baked or microwaved.
- Welsh rarebit
Examples
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I am exceedingly fond of rarebit, especially when it's served with a side salad.
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I am exceedingly fond of Welsh rarebit.
Academic text (2006) -
You can put this on a Welsh rarebit.
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Mine got near the end when you ate that second Welsh rarebit.
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Two rarebits, one blue plate, one soup.
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A Welsh rarebit.
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He can eat the fish and the hors d'oeuvres, and we'll have a Welsh rarebit for the game course.
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At our house, you might get Polish cabbage rolls one night and rarebit the next.
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We sit long hours eating rarebit on toast points while playing cards.
Synonyms
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Melted cheese served hot on toast, often with beer or mustard
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A hot dish of melted cheese mixed with beer served on toasted bread
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Etymology
The word rarebit began as a joking name 'Welsh rabbit' for the same cheese-on-toast dish because it had no meat, and people later changed the spelling to rarebit. So rarebit now means melted cheese, often mixed with ale or beer, served on toasted bread.