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A box where rabbits plot their inevitable escape and judge your lawn.

means A small enclosed cage or pen for keeping rabbits or other small animals, or a piece of furniture with open shelves set atop a low cabinet.

from From Middle English 'hucche,' borrowed from Old French 'huche' meaning a chest or storage bin, which traces back to Medieval Latin 'hutica,' a coffer or box — origin beyond that is murky. The thread running through every sense is 'a box to keep things in': first a chest for grain or bread, later the furniture with shelves, and finally the boxy little dwelling we hand to rabbits.

origin
From French huche, a kneading trough for bread
rabbit math
Two rabbits become hundreds in a single year
furniture twin
A hutch also means a cabinet with shelves
escape artists
Rabbits dig, chew, and squeeze through impossible gaps
for instance

hutchence michael — inxs lead singer, died 1997 in sydney hotel room

hutchison whampoa — hong kong multinational conglomerate founded by hutchison family

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