单词 | chicken cavie |
释义 | chicken cavien. Scottish. Now historical and rare. A chicken coop.In quot. 2004 in figurative use. Cf. to fly the coop at fly v.1 7f. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > chicken-coop mewc1387 hen coop1423 coop1530 hen cub1583 chicken coop1687 chicken house1750 chicken cavie?a1786 hen-rip1788 par1866 hover1907 ?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 205 Behint the Chicken cavie. 1891 Proc. Glasgow Philos. Soc. 1890–1 132 In the corner behind him stood the chicken-cavie or hen-coop. 1945 Scotsman 6 June 6/4 Ark-shaped wire chicken cavy, 2ft 6 x 3 base. 2004 L. Sands Chase i. 9 The lass done flew the chicken cavie. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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