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chicken-or-egg questions

chicken-or-egg questions is the plural of chicken-or-egg question.

Meaning of chicken-or-egg question

Noun

chicken-or-egg question (plural chicken-or-egg questions)

  1. A supposed paradox concerning whether chickens or chicken eggs existed first.
  2. (broadly) A question to decide which of two interdependent things happened first.

Questions about chicken-or-egg questions

What is chicken-or-egg questions the plural of?
Chicken-or-egg questions is the plural of chicken-or-egg question.

Words near chicken-or-egg questions in the dictionary

  1. chicken-neck
  2. chicken-necked
  3. chicken-necking
  4. chicken-necks
  5. chicken-or-egg question
  6. chicken-or-egg questions
  7. chicken-pox
  8. chicken-shit
  9. chicken-shits
  10. chicken-spike
  11. chicken-turtle

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