chookhouse

English

Etymology

From chook +‎ house.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃʊkhæɔs/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃʊkhaʊs/

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Noun

chookhouse (plural chookhouses)

1. (Australia, colloquial) A henhouse.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 178:

     The hens were my witness to the ghost. They set up the sort of fuss and panic you hear when a snake enters the chookhouse late at night.