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chicken liver

chicken liver noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, liver.

Noun

chicken liver (countable and uncountable, plural chicken livers)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, liver.
  2. (derogatory, mildly, slang) A coward.
    • This is Rob's home too, you chicken liver!2013, Andrea K. Vizenor, The Dragon Prince, →ISBN, page 48
    • The boys were becoming irritable and fistfights broke out. Between shouted threats and name calling — "turkey breath"; "frog face"; "stupid turd"; "just try ... I dare you, chicken liver" — I had come to the conclusion that prison life was not working for the inmates […]2005, A State of Mind, My Story, →ISBN, page 26

Forms of chicken liver

pluralchicken livers
alternative formchicken-liver

Questions about chicken liver

What does chicken liver mean?
Chicken liver means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chicken, liver.
What part of speech is chicken liver?
Chicken liver is a noun.
What is the plural of chicken liver?
The plural of chicken liver is chicken livers.

Words near chicken liver in the dictionary

  1. chicken lice
  2. Chicken Licken
  3. Chicken Lickens
  4. Chicken Little
  5. Chicken Littles
  6. chicken liver
  7. chicken livers
  8. chicken lollipop
  9. chicken lollipops
  10. chicken louse
  11. chicken mami

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