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chicken colonels

chicken colonels is the plural of chicken colonel.

Meaning of chicken colonel

Noun

chicken colonel (plural chicken colonels)

  1. (US, dated, slang) Synonym of bird colonel.
    • In 1944, when many of his West Point classmates—including Omar Bradley and Dwight Eisenhower—had won general's stars, Van Fleet was still a chicken colonel commanding a regiment.1951 May 14, “The Face Is Familiar”, in Time
    Synonyms:
    bird colonel

Questions about chicken colonels

What is chicken colonels the plural of?
Chicken colonels is the plural of chicken colonel.

Words near chicken colonels in the dictionary

  1. chicken buttons
  2. chicken cannon
  3. chicken cannons
  4. chicken cholera
  5. chicken colonel
  6. chicken colonels
  7. chicken coop
  8. chicken coops
  9. chicken cordon bleu
  10. chicken cutlet
  11. chicken cutlet Kiev-style

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