rabbit warren

noun

1. warren.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rabbit warren¹

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

Most of Broadway’s houses are operational antiques, with age-old ventilation systems, narrow backstages and suites of dressing rooms that resemble rabbit warrens.

From Washington Post

On their way back to the boat they collected a great quantity of eggs, and came upon a rabbit warren.

From Project Gutenberg

And, for the same reason, he avoided treading on freshly excavated earth before the holes of a rabbit warren.

From Project Gutenberg

The pullulating population of Tokyo seemed to have emptied itself, like a rabbit warren, into the streets.

From Project Gutenberg

I looked down from the roof this morning on Phari town, lying like a rabbit-warren beneath the fort.

From Project Gutenberg

The mind of the little priest was always a rabbit-warren of wild thoughts that jumped too quickly for him to catch them.

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