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chicken

/ˈt͡ʃɪkɪn/ nom A1

En français : poulet, poule mouillée, poltron

  1. A domesticated subspecies of red junglefowl (Gallus gallus domesticus). (countable) · backyard chickens· barnyard chickens
  2. The meat from this bird eaten as food. (uncountable) · boneless chicken· tastes like chicken
  3. A coward. (countable, slang) · (More commonly used as an adjective with this sense; see below.)
  4. A young or inexperienced person. (countable, slang)
  5. A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk. (countable)
  6. The game of dare. (uncountable)
  7. A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the "chicken" (that is, the loser). (countable, uncountable) · Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.
  8. A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated. (countable, uncountable)

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“It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 29 · B2
Bennet had no more to say; and Lady Lucas, who had been long yawning at the repetition of delights which she saw no likelihood of sharing, was left to the comforts of cold ham and chicken.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 115 · B2
Hudson has risen to the occasion,” said Holmes, uncovering a dish of curried chicken.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 93 · B2
“I just wish I was a rich American and could spend my summer at a hotel and wear jewels and low-necked dresses and have ice cream and chicken salad every blessed day.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 286 · C1

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