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chickenry

chickenry noun: a hen house or chicken coop, a place in which chickens are reared. Also the misspelling of chicanery.

Noun

chickenry (plural chickenries)

  1. (countable, rare) A hen house or chicken coop, a place in which chickens are reared.
    • Not "by the brook," as Halleck sings, but by the chickenry,1857, Maria Honetcombe, “Letters from la Ruche”, in Arthur's Home Magazine
    • The bio-gas could also utilize waste from piggeries, chickeneries and human beings.1980, Jyoti K. Parikh, Energy systems and development

Also used as

chickenry is also the misspelling of chicanery.

Forms of chickenry

pluralchickenries
alternative formchickenery
alternative formcheckenary

Origin of chickenry

From chicken + -ry.

Questions about chickenry

What does chickenry mean?
Chickenry means a hen house or chicken coop, a place in which chickens are reared.
What part of speech is chickenry?
Chickenry is a noun.
What is the plural of chickenry?
The plural of chickenry is chickenries.

Words near chickenry in the dictionary

  1. chickenpox parties
  2. chickenpox party
  3. chickenpoxes
  4. chickenproof
  5. chickenries
  6. chickenry
  7. chickens
  8. chickens for Colonel Sanders
  9. chickens for KFC
  10. chickens from hell
  11. chickens of the woods

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