Chickenhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or period of being a chicken. uncountable

    "From earliest chickenhood the birds are brought up so as to never perceive that the keeper has anything to do with their feed."

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"From earliest chickenhood the birds are brought up so as to never perceive that the keeper has anything to do with their feed."

Etymology

From chicken + -hood.

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