Chickenry

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hen house or chicken coop, a place in which chickens are reared. countable, rare

    "Not "by the brook," as Halleck sings, but by the chickenry,"

  2. 2
    Misspelling of chicanery. alt-of, misspelling

    "It is not necessary to advert in any detail to the chickenry adopted by the two Priests who cooked up this theory or the story leading thereto[…]"

Example

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"Not "by the brook," as Halleck sings, but by the chickenry,"

Etymology

From chicken + -ry.

Related phrases

chicken coophen house

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