coniglio di grondaia

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Italian

Etymology

Calque of French lapin de gouttière

Noun

coniglio di grondaia m (plural conigli di grondaia)

  1. 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!"