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chicken and egg question

chicken and egg question is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of chicken and egg question

pluralchicken and egg questions

Questions about chicken and egg question

What is chicken and egg question the alternative spelling of?
Chicken and egg question is the alternative spelling of chicken-or-egg question.

Words near chicken and egg question in the dictionary

  1. chickeens
  2. chickees
  3. chicken
  4. chicken 65
  5. chicken and egg
  6. chicken and egg question
  7. chicken and egg questions
  8. chicken ball
  9. chicken balls
  10. chicken Balmoral
  11. chicken bingo

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