CHICKEN
INTERJECTIONS
► BEE! ► BIE! come!; used as a call to chickens → 1924 Amer. dial.
► CHI-CHI-CHI! a call to chickens → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CHICKABIDDY! a call to chickens → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CHICKEROO! a call to chickens → 1940 Amer. dial.
► CHICKIE! a call to chickens → 1949 Amer. dial.
► CHICKOO! a call to chickens → 1966 Amer. dial.
► KITTY! a call to chickens → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PEEP! a call to chickens or turkeys → 1956 Amer. dial.
► PEE-PEE! a call to chickens or turkeys → 1899 Amer. dial.
► PEEPIE! a call to chickens or turkeys → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PEEP-PEEP! a call to chickens or turkeys → 1967 Amer. dial.
► TIP! a call to chickens at feeding → 1973 Amer. dial.
► TIPPY! a call to chickens at feeding → 1973 Amer. dial.
► WEEDILY! a call to chickens at feeding time → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WIDDIE! ► WIDDY! a call to chickens or other domestic fowl → 1902 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► ALBATROSS chicken, roasted, broiled, or stewed → 1940s US sl.
► ALEKTOROPHOBIA fear of chickens → 2008 (Bk.)
► ANY-BIT the rump of a cooked chicken → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BACON chicken served at a meal → 1910s
► BALLAST chicken dressing → 1945 US railroad sl.
► BIDDY a chicken, a fowl → 1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BIDDY COOP a chicken coop → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BIDDYKIN a little chicken → 1952 Amer. dial.
► BIDDY PEN a chicken coop → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BISHOP’S NOSE the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BITTY a baby chicken → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BOTSEL ► BUTSEL the rump of a cooked chicken → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BROODER ► BROODER HOUSE a chicken coop; a hen house → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BROODER COOP a chicken coop; a hen house → 1931 Amer. dial.
► BROODER PEN a chicken coop; a hen house → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUTTON the rump of a cooked chicken → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BUZZARD chicken or turkey as served in a mess hall → 1941 Amer. military usage
► BUZZARD MEAT chicken or turkey → 1944 Amer. military usage
► CACKLEBIRD a chicken; a hen → 1966 US sl.
► CAT’S HAIR the down that covers unfledged chickens → 1825
► CHICKABIDDY an immature chicken → 1848 Amer. dial.
► CHICK-A-DIDDLE a chicken → 1826 children’s usage
► CHICKIE ► CHICKY a small or young chicken → 1942 US sl.
► CHIKE a chicken → 1430 obs.
► CHOOK a chicken or other domestic fowl → 1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
► CHOOKIE ► CHOOKY a chicken or other domestic fowl → 1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
► CHUCK a chicken → 1615 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CHUCKIE ► CHUCKY a chicken or other domestic fowl → 1855 Aust. & NZ sl.
► CHUCKLING a little chick → 1839
► CLATCH a brood of chickens → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► COCKY the rump of a cooked chicken→ 1967
► CROW a chicken → World War II Armed Forces usage
► DEACON’S NOSE the flat lobe at the nether end of a chicken, which is like a mammal’s tail, base for the tail-feathers → 1967 Can. sl.
► DEEDIE a young chicken → 1885 Amer. dial.
► DEVILS ON HORSEBACK chicken livers wrapped in bacon → 1980 Amer. dial.
► DIB a small chicken → 1946 Amer. dial.
► DIBBY a small chicken → 1946 Amer. dial.
► DIDDLE a baby chick → 1899 Amer. dial.
► DIDDY a little chicken → 1952 Amer. dial.
► DIP a chicken → 1952 Amer. dial.
► DOODLE a baby chick → 1953 Amer. dial.
► DUNGHILL FOWL an ordinary chicken → 1689
► EGG-BAG the uterus of a chicken or other fowl → 1942 Amer. dial.
► FOWL BALLS chicken croquettes → World War I usage
► GOSPEL BIRD a chicken → 1935 Amer. dial., esp. African-American
► GUMP a chicken, esp. a stolen one → 1899 US criminals’ sl.
► HEN-FLINT chicken dung → 1915 Amer. dial. euphemism
► JIB the rump of a cooked chicken → 1970 Amer. dial.
► KATOOCH the rump of a cooked chicken → 1979 Amer. dial.
► KATUSH the rump of a cooked chicken → 1968 Amer. dial.
► KIP a young chicken → 1895 Amer. dial.
► LAST PART THROUGH THE FENCE the rump of a cooked chicken → 1954 Amer. dial.
► LONG LEG the drumstick of a chicken → 1960 Amer. dial.
► MABBIERS young chickens → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MAUL a chicken leg → 1960 Amer. dial.
► MURGI a chicken; chicken meat → 1863
► NIB the rump of a cooked chicken → 1957 Amer. dial.
► NOODLE the rump of a cooked chicken → 1966 Amer. dial.
► NORTH–END the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NORTH END GOING SOUTH the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NORTH END OF A CHICKEN the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NORTH END OF A CHICKEN FLYING (or HEADING) SOUTH the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NORTH END OF A SOUTHBOUND CHICKEN the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PARSON’S NOSE the tail or rump of a chicken → 1839 Amer. dial.
► PARSON’S SNOUT the tail or rump of a chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► PARTLET a chicken → 15C sl.
► PART THAT WENT OVER THE FENCE LAST the rump of a cooked chicken → 1871 Amer. dial.
► PEEP a very small or young chicken or turkey → 1916 Amer. dial.
► PEE-PEE a very small or young chicken or turkey → 1890 Amer. dial.
► PEEPY a chicken → 1908 Amer. dial.
► PIGEON fried chicken → 1990s US prison sl.
► POOP-NOSE the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POPE’S CAP the rump of a cooked chicken → 1968 Amer. dial.
► POPE’S CROWN the rump of a cooked chicken → 1968 Amer. dial.
► POPE’S NOSE the fatty extremity of a fowl’s rump → 1796
► POULT a young chicken → 1913
► PREACHER MEAT a chicken → 1978
► PREACHER’S NOSE the rump of a cooked chicken; the pope’s nose → 1965
► ROAD RUNNER fried or cooked chicken → 1970 (Bk.)
► SEA GULL a chicken → 1910s World War I navy usage
► SHORT JOINT a chicken thigh → 1960 Amer. dial.
► SHORT LEG a chicken thigh → 2000 Amer. dial.
► SHORT THIGH a chicken thigh → 1986 Amer. dial.
► SKUA frozen chicken → 1991 Antarctica usage
► SOUTH END the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SOUTH END OF A CHICKEN GOING NORTH the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SOUTH END OF A HEN GOING NORTH the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SOUTH END OF A NORTHBOUND CHICKEN the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TIPPET the rump of a cooked chicken → 1968 Amer. dial.
► TOOT ► TOOT BOX the rump of a cooked chicken → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TOSS ‘EM BOYS chickens → 1775
► WEEDELY ► WEEDILY a young chicken → 1984 Amer. dial.
► WHEEDLE ► WHIDDLE a baby chick → 1968 Amer. dial.
► WIDDIE ► WIDDY a baby chick; also, rarely, a hen → 1936 Amer. dial.
► YAP the plaintive chirping of chickens → 1824 Sc.
► YARDBIRD a chicken → 1956 US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BACKYARDER a person who keeps chickens in their backyard → 1922 UK sl.
► BEAKER-HAULER a poultry thief, who hawks booty from door to door → 1891 sl. (Bk.)
► BEAKER-HUNTER a poultry thief → 1839 sl.
► BEAK-HUNTER a poultry thief → 1860 sl.
► CHICKEN GRANNY a person who raises chickens for the market; usually applied derisively to ‘furriners’ → 1936 Amer. dial.
► CHICKEN-LIFTER a chicken thief → L19 US sl.
► PRIGGER OF CACKLERS a chicken thief → L17
► WALKING POULTERER a thief who steals chickens and then sells them door-to-door → 1788 criminals’ sl.
VERBS
► FRUSH to carve a chicken → 1430 obs.
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