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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: Because it looks like a hare's top lip

harelip

 noun
     
Related topics: Illness and Disability
hare‧lip [singular] old-fashioned
MI an offensive word for the condition of having your top lip divided into two parts because it did not develop correctly before birth
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