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Chicken

noun

The flesh of a chicken used for food. Synonyms: poulet, volaille.

A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl. Synonym: Gallus gallus.

A person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy. Synonyms: crybaby, wimp.

A foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops.

adjective

Easily frightened. Synonyms: chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied.

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"Chicken" Quotes from Famous Books

... but a minute. Six bayonets are not to be charged with a couple of small-swords; and just as Captain Barker was on the point of spitting himself like an over-hasty game chicken, the sergeant raised his side-arm and dealt him a cut over the head. Hat and wig broke the blow somewhat; but the little man dropped with a moan and lay quite still ...

— The Blue Pavilions • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... that fat is fuel wherever we find it in food will stiffen our resolution to take a little pains with the fats which we have been wont to discard. Anyone can get from the Department of Agriculture suggestions for the practical use of chicken, mutton, beef, and other kinds of meat fats. The main points are to free them from flavor, by melting them with milk or water, possibly using some special absorbent like potato or charcoal too, and then mixing hard and soft together, just as the oleomargarine-makers ...

— Everyday Foods in War Time • Mary Swartz Rose

... loquacious. One could hardly help wondering whether this fault-finding was due to a poor digestion or a bad temper. The soup of cherries and gooseberries did not suit him, though it was excellent, and he scarcely tasted his salmon and salt-herring. The cold ham, broiled chicken and nicely seasoned vegetables did not seem to please him, and his bottle of claret and his half bottle of champagne seemed to be equally unsatisfactory, though they came from the best cellars in France; and when the repast was concluded the guest had not even a "tack for mad" ...

— Ticket No. "9672" • Jules Verne

... twenty-four hours the diet must be restricted to liquids, and in most cases nothing is given until the patient has had a few hours' rest. The first thing that is given to the patient should be a cup of warm milk or tea. Milk is the best diet; this may be varied with beef-tea, bouillon, mutton or chicken broth; any of these broths may be made with rice or barley to vary the flavor, but these must not be given to the patient. The patient should have six ounces of the liquid every two hours during the day and every three hours ...

— The Four Epochs of Woman's Life • Anna M. Galbraith

... pronounced the meat far sweeter and more tender than chicken, and the empty shells soon bore ...

— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely

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