Meaning of Brer Rabbit | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The hero of the Uncle Remus stories.
2. Any specific rabbit; used to personify a rabbit in a story
3. Any trickster, or unusually quick and clever, figure.

Equivalents

Examples

“who believe⟳ that Microsoft actually wants to be broken up (the Brer Rabbit solution),”

“BRER RABBIT came pacing down the road, lippity-clippity, clippity-lippity, just as sassy as a jaybird. And then he saw⟳ Chester the dog, who might just as well have⟳ been Brer Fox.”

“Mr. Smith, the Brer Rabbit of House of Commons Leaders, "lay⟳ low and said nuffin."”

“He was the "Br'er Rabbit" of politics — he lay⟳ low so that the hunters of the other side could not see⟳ him to point⟳ their guns at him.”

“It was the combination of a super-smooth shooting dog of radiant style and talent, and a Br'er Rabbit handler that stayed one bounce ahead of the fox.”

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