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   bunny

   /ˈbʌni/

   noun

   • 1. a child's term for a rabbit.
   • ▪ a club hostess or waitress wearing a skimpy costume with ears and a tail suggestive of a rabbit.
   • ▪ a person of a specified type or in a specified mood: "athletes and gym bunnies are rarely seen without a source of fluid close at hand"
   • 2. a victim or dupe. Australian

   Word Origin early 17th century (originally used as a term of endearment to a person, later as a pet name for a rabbit): from dialect bun ‘squirrel, rabbit’, also used as a term of endearment, of unknown origin. bunny (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the early 20th century.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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