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Italian
Etymology
Calque of French lapin de gouttière
Noun
coniglio di grondaia m (plural conigli di grondaia)
- gutter rabbit (cat flesh passed off as rabbit)
1882, Émile Zola, L'Assommoir:«Cameriere: è un coniglio di grondaia, questo... Ascoltate: miagola ancora!»- "Waiter: this is a gutter rabbit... Hear it out: it's still meowing!"