Squeaks was gulled:

> Have a look:
>
> "Welsh Rarebit, Rabbit or 'Caws Pobi' gets its name quite literally
> from the words rare (meaning very lightly cooked) and bit (a small
> piece or portion)."
>
> (from http://www.cuisinedumonde.com/rarebit.html)

Have a look yourself:
(from http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayingsw.htm)

Welsh Rarebit, the actual name for the dish is really rabbit. Both the dish
and its name date back to the 18th century, and the name reflects the
national rivalry between England and Wales. Some wag, whose name is unknown,
but who was almost certainly English, christened the popular but humble dish
Welsh Rabbit, much in the same nationalistic spirit as frogs were known as
Dutch nightingales and condoms were called French letters. The implication,
of course, was that the Welsh could not obtain or afford real rabbit and had
to make do with this cheesy substitute. The distinguishing feature of Welsh
Rabbit is that it is a joke, which begs the question of where rarebit comes
from. It seems that someone, somewhere, simply didn't get the joke. Some
unknown humourless grammarian must have decided that, since there clearly
was no rabbit involved, rabbit must be a degenerated form of something, and
determined that the missing 'proper' name must be rarebit. Why anyone would
think the Welsh would tolerate rarebit over rabbit is another question, but
somehow, the new name stuck. Nonetheless, thus was a very old joke
immortalised.


from dictionary.com:

rare·bit
[Probably alteration of (Welsh) rabbit.]



and from Merriam-Webster.com:

Welsh rare·bit
Etymology: by alteration
: WELSH RABBIT


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