† chickenableadj.
Obsolete.
Of an egg: capable of producing a chicken.Apparently an isolated use.
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1853 C. Reade Peg Woffington ii. 71 Sitting upon eggs no longer chickenable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019).
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adj.1853- get the willies
- get the wind up
- get the wire
- get the wissel of one's groat
- get the works
- get the worse
- get the worse end of the staff
- get the worse of
- get the worship of
- get the worst
- get the worst of
- get the worst of it
- get the wrong end of the pineapple
- get the wrong end of the stick
- get thee away, hence, in, out
- get thee behind me, satan
- get thee gone
- get thee you away, hence, in, out
- get thee you gone
- get theirs
- get there
- get there fustest with the mostest
- get through
- get through the court
- get through with