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chicken pill

chicken pill noun: a pill containing hormones to fatten poultry, sometimes taken by women in the hope of developing attractive curves.

Noun

chicken pill (plural chicken pills)

  1. (Jamaica, slang) A pill containing hormones to fatten poultry, sometimes taken by women in the hope of developing attractive curves.
    • Some go so far as to take hormones ("the chicken pill") to develop big bottoms and breasts.2004, Steeve O. Buckridge, The Language of Dress, page 187
    • Chicken pills are used to fatten poultry and sold in animal feed stores for two US dollars a dozen. They contain hormones which can lead to breast cancer. Tanesha says there's been a shortage lately. The chicken pills were sold out all over Kingston, and the stores started to require proof that the...2022, Matthias Drawe, The World is My Oyster (Volume 1: Around the World in 30 Stories)

Forms of chicken pill

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Questions about chicken pill

What does chicken pill mean?
Chicken pill means a pill containing hormones to fatten poultry, sometimes taken by women in the hope of developing attractive curves.
What part of speech is chicken pill?
Chicken pill is a noun.
What is the plural of chicken pill?
The plural of chicken pill is chicken pills.

Words near chicken pill in the dictionary

  1. chicken oriental
  2. chicken out
  3. chicken paw
  4. chicken paws
  5. chicken pest
  6. chicken pill
  7. chicken pills
  8. chicken pox
  9. chicken pox party
  10. chicken poxes
  11. chicken rice

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