Brer Rabbit

Speech parts

1. Brer Rabbit - Noun

2. Brer Rabbit - Proper noun

Meaning

the fictional character of a rabbit who appeared in tales supposedly told by Uncle Remus and first published in 1880

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

humorist Easter Bunny folk tales bunny rabbit storyteller folklorist Joel Chandler Harris brah American South literary critic animal tales southern culture slave narratives southern writer tales from the briar patch

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Examples

Brer Rabbit keep on axin' 'im, en de Tar-Baby, she keep on sayin' nothin', twel present'y Brer Rabbit draw back wid his fis', he did, en blip he tuck 'er side er de head. Right dar's whar he broke his merlasses jug. His fis' stuck, en he can't pull loose. De tar hilt 'im. Joel Chandler Harris

I confess that some of my favorite stories were tales narrated in dialect by "Uncle Remus," an old Southern black man, about "Brer Rabbit" and his forest friends. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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