chickenhood

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

chicken +‎ -hood

Noun[edit]

chickenhood (uncountable)

  1. The state or period of being a chicken.
    • 1880, Lewis Wright, The Illustrated Book of Poultry, page 104:
      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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