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chicken under a brick

chicken under a brick noun: a dish of roast chicken prepared with a brick placed on top to flatten the chicken and enhance browning.

Noun

chicken under a brick (uncountable)

  1. A dish of roast chicken prepared with a brick placed on top to flatten the chicken and enhance browning.
    Synonyms:
    brick chicken

Synonyms of chicken under a brick

Questions about chicken under a brick

What does chicken under a brick mean?
Chicken under a brick means a dish of roast chicken prepared with a brick placed on top to flatten the chicken and enhance browning.
What part of speech is chicken under a brick?
Chicken under a brick is a noun.

Words near chicken under a brick in the dictionary

  1. chicken thrones
  2. chicken tractor
  3. chicken tractors
  4. chicken turtle
  5. chicken turtles
  6. chicken under a brick
  7. chicken Wellington
  8. chicken Wellingtons
  9. chicken wing
  10. chicken winged
  11. chicken winging

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