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beggar's chicken

beggar's chicken noun: a Chinese dish of chicken that is stuffed, wrapped in clay and leaves, and baked slowly at a low heat.

beggar's chicken: a Chinese dish of chicken that is stuffed, wrapped in clay and leaves, and baked slowly at a low...
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Noun

beggar's chicken (uncountable)

  1. A Chinese dish of chicken that is stuffed, wrapped in clay and leaves, and baked slowly at a low heat.

Questions about beggar's chicken

What does beggar's chicken mean?
Beggar's chicken means a Chinese dish of chicken that is stuffed, wrapped in clay and leaves, and baked slowly at a low heat.
What part of speech is beggar's chicken?
Beggar's chicken is a noun.

Words near beggar's chicken in the dictionary

  1. beggar belief
  2. beggar description
  3. beggar off
  4. beggar the question
  5. beggar's buttons
  6. beggar's chicken
  7. beggar's purse
  8. beggar's ticks
  9. beggar's-lice
  10. beggar-my-neighbor
  11. beggar-my-neighbour

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