chickenry

English

Alternative forms

• chickenery
• (political): checkenary

Etymology

chicken +‎ -ry

Noun

chickenry (plural chickenries)

1. Misspelling of chicanery.
   • 1988, Pingle Jaganmohan Reddy, In search of unity and secularism:

     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 […]

   • 1991, Iqbal Ansari Khan, The third eye: glimpses of the politicos:

     […] elaborate tissues of circumstantial falsehood, chickenry, perjury, forgery, are the weapons, offensive and defensive, of the people of […]

2. (rare, countable) A hen house or chicken coop, a place in which chickens are reared.
   • 1857, Maria Honetcombe, “Letters from la Ruche”, in Arthur's Home Magazine:

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

   • 1980, Jyoti K. Parikh, Energy systems and development:

     The bio-gas could also utilize waste from piggeries, chickeneries and human beings.

   • 1994, Samantha Weinberg, Last of the pirates: the search for Bob Denard:

     The chickenry next door, which looked suspiciously small to house a thousand birds, was also a complete wreck.