chickletn.
/ˈtʃɪklᵻt/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪklᵻt/ 1. A young bird; a small chick.
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the world > animals > birds > young bird > [noun]
birdOE
chicka1398
chickena1398
brancher?a1400
pulla1500
birdling1611
puler1611
pullus1653
squeaker1654
birdeen1829
chicklet1836
baby bird1841
chirpling1888
the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > young or chicken
chickenOE
chicka1398
poulta1425
chicken birdc1450
peepera1586
peepling1594
game chicken1674
peep1688
spring chicken1765
clucker1779
chickabiddy1785
chicklet1836
chickie1851
wing-chick1885
pee-pee1890
1836 Parley's Mag. 4 215/2 Like a careful mother she had retired at an early hour to a secluded and quiet corner of the coop, and was busily adjusting her person over the little chicklets.
1886 World (N.Y.) 21 June 5/1 The chirp of chicklets..and all that is fresh in nature.
1918 Times 5 July 9 They soon achieve proficiency in handling the newly-hatched chicklets.
1975 J. L. Anderson Night of Silent Drums i. ii. 8 Scattering the self-important bantam cock and his harem and chicklets.
1990 Toronto Star (Nexis) 1 July d2 Somebody gave us two chickens with little chicklets.
2. slang. A young woman. Cf. chick n.1 3.Sometimes considered patronizing or dismissive.
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the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]
daughterOE
maidenOE
young womanOE
mayc1175
burdc1225
maidc1275
wenchc1290
file1303
virginc1330
girla1375
damselc1380
young ladya1393
jilla1425
juvenclec1430
young person1438
domicellea1464
quean1488
trull1525
pulleta1533
Tib1533
kittyc1560
dell1567
gillian1573
nymph1584
winklota1586
frotion1587
yuffrouw1589
pigeon1592
tit1599
nannicock1600
muggle1608
gixy1611
infanta1611
dilla1627
tittiea1628
whimsy1631
ladykin1632
stammel1639
moggie1648
zitellaa1660
baggagea1668
miss1668
baby1684
burdie1718
demoiselle1720
queanie?1800
intombi1809
muchacha1811
jilt1816
titter1819
ragazza1827
gouge1828
craft1829
meisie1838
sheila1839
sixteenc1840
chica1843
femme1846
muffin1854
gel1857
quail1859
kitten1870
bud1880
fräulein1883
sub-debutante1887
sweet-and-twenty1887
flapper1888
jelly1889
queen1894
chick1899
pusher1902
bit of fluff1903
chicklet1905
twist and twirl1905
twist1906
head1913
sub-deb1916
tabby1916
mouse1917
tittie1918
chickie1919
wren1920
bim1922
nifty1923
quiff1923
wimp1923
bride1924
job1927
junior miss1927
hag1932
tab1932
sort1933
palone1934
brush1941
knitting1943
teenybopper1966
weeny-bopper1972
Valley Girl1982
1905 New Haven (Connecticut) Morning Jrnl. & Courier 1 Oct. 6/2 The cast..includes such well known stage favorites as..the twelve Chicklets, the famous Diana show girls and a singing quartette.
1922 S. Lewis Babbitt xiii. 172 The painless chicklets of the Wrollicking Wrens are the cuddlingest bunch that ever hit town.
1993 Evening Standard (Nexis) 29 Oct. 5 When chicklets (that's girls) and their boyfs (boyfriends) get together, it's the only way to communicate.
2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Feb. 64/2 Women in the Mob movies tend to be either nightclub bimbos decked out in acrylic hair..Rat Pack chicklets—or troubled spouses minding the fort as the menfolk are off playing cards.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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