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chicken runs

chicken runs is the plural of chicken run.

Meaning of chicken run

Noun

chicken run (plural chicken runs)

  1. An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.
    Synonyms:
    chicken pen, chickenyard, chookyard
  2. (historical, slang) The act of "gapping it", i.e. emigrating from Rhodesia as a white inhabitant during the country's transition to independence.
    • By 1979, thousands had 'gapped it', or taken the 'chicken run', as emigration was derisively known […]2019, David Kenrick, Decolonisation, Identity and Nation in Rhodesia, 1964-1979, page 2

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What is chicken runs the plural of?
Chicken runs is the plural of chicken run.

Words near chicken runs in the dictionary

  1. chicken poxes
  2. chicken rice
  3. chicken roll
  4. chicken rolls
  5. chicken run
  6. chicken runs
  7. chicken salad
  8. chicken salad air
  9. chicken salads
  10. chicken salt
  11. chicken scratch

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