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rabbit's foot

rabbit's foot
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Definitions of rabbit's foot words

  • noun rabbit's foot the foot of a rabbit, especially the left hind foot carried as a good-luck charm. 1
  • noun rabbit's foot the hind foot of a rabbit, used superstitiously as a talisman or good-luck charm 0

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Origin of rabbit's foot

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1810-20

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Parts of speech for Rabbit's foot

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

rabbit's foot popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for rabbit's foot

noun rabbit's foot

  • charm — Charm is the quality of being pleasant or attractive.
  • mascot — an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck: The U.S. Navy mascot is a goat.
  • juju — an object venerated superstitiously and used as a fetish or amulet by tribal peoples of West Africa.
  • zemi — Any of various local deities, human or animal and represented by small idols, once worshipped by the Caribbean peoples of the Taino culture.

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