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chookhouses

chookhouses is the plural of chookhouse.

Meaning of chookhouse

Noun

chookhouse (plural chookhouses)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) A henhouse or chicken coop.
    • The hens were my witness to the ghost. They set up the sort of fuss and panic you hear when a snake enters the chookhouse late at night.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 178

Questions about chookhouses

What is chookhouses the plural of?
Chookhouses is the plural of chookhouse.

Words near chookhouses in the dictionary

  1. chookas
  2. Chookaszian
  3. Chookaszians
  4. chookers
  5. chookhouse
  6. chookhouses
  7. chookie
  8. chookies
  9. chookish
  10. chooks
  11. chooky

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