Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rabbit of folklore depicted as delivering baskets of colored eggs to children at Easter.
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- proper noun A
symbolic rabbit sometimesdepicted deliveringEaster eggs to children.
Etymologies
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Examples
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… And Mom, also known as the Easter Bunny, is too cheap thinks it is ridiculous to spend $1.50 on a tiny bag of pastel colored shredded paper
Cranky Mommy 2009
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"They were having a fit about [getting dressed for] some pictures, and I said, 'I'll just call the Easter Bunny and say' You know what?
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The primary message of the movie Hop isn't that Easter is swell, or that talking bunnies are adorable (the main one in this movie, E.B. -- short for Easter Bunny, doncha know -- is certainly that), or that Russell Brand is delightful (he is!)
John Shore: An Unhip Hop: Race Relations in a Children's Movie John Shore 2011
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There was much speculation about how she actually intended to capture the Easter Bunny, but Emma refused to reveal her plan.
Bunny Ears Diane D. Gillette 2011
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Or this: Obama, playfully doing his best impression of Muhammad Ali, throwing mock punches into the midsection of a costumed Easter Bunny following the White House Easter Egg Roll.
White House video blog follows tradition of using technology to shape a favorable image 2010
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Her last letter to the Easter Bunny scolds him for not going to the homes of her Jewish friends.
Samantha Kurtzman-Counter: Is It OK to Lie About Santa? Samantha Kurtzman-Counter 2010
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Fred Fielding was Reagan's White House counsel and returned as Bush II's -- and that Easter Bunny outfit he had to wear at the annual White House egg roll was a lot stinkier than it had been.
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Her last letter to the Easter Bunny scolds him for not going to the homes of her Jewish friends.
Samantha Kurtzman-Counter: Is It OK to Lie About Santa? Samantha Kurtzman-Counter 2010
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Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, "American Justice", and an
OpEdNews - Diary: The origins of American Government and Obama, "The Post Turtle" 2010
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Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, "American Justice", and an
Printing: The origins of American Government and Obama, "The Post Turtle" 2010
alexz commented on the word Easter Bunny
Before we had the Easter Bunny, it was called the Easter Hare.
according to wikipedia, the Germans called it the Osterhase (Easter Hare)
This 1789 song book depicts a picture of a Osterhase with a basket of eggs.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=Ae9CAAAAcAAJ
April 7, 2013