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Definition of bunny boiler noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bunny boiler

noun

/ˈbʌni bɔɪlə(r)/

/ˈbʌni bɔɪlər/

(informal, offensive)

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a woman who punishes a man in a dangerous or cruel way because he has stopped being her sexual partner
Word OriginFrom the main character in the film Fatal Attraction, who kills and boils a pet rabbit (= a bunny) belonging to her former partner’s daughter.

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