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Pullet

//ˈpʊlɪt// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A young hen, especially one less than a year old.

    "They died not because the Pullets would not feed: but because the Devil foresaw their death, he contrived that abstinence in them."

  2. 2
    young hen usually less than a year old wordnet
  3. 3
    A spineless person; a coward. slang
  4. 4
    flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying wordnet
  5. 5
    A girl or young woman. obsolete, slang

Etymology

From Middle English polet, pulet, from Anglo-Norman pullet, Old French poulet (“young chicken”); polette (“young hen”), from poule (“hen”). Doublet of poult. Compare also Middle English pulle.

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