A young hare. The Duke dʹEpernon always swooned at the sight of a leveret, though he was not affected if he saw a hare. (See Fox.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.