chicken

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1. Defined in the 17 ^th century Dictionary of the Canting Crew as: ' a feeble little creature of mean spirit '.

2. A variant of chic or chick, a girl or young woman, usually pretty.

Quote: Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellers) to Lady Lytton in The Return of the Pink Panther (1982): ' A man sees a beautiful chicken, he cannot help being inquisitive.'

3. An underage male, especially if desirable.

4. Or: gay chicken , a young gay male, usually in his teens or early twenties, especially if unfamiliar with homosexuality.

5. A young male prostitute.

6. Afraid; timid; cowardly.

Quote: Ernest (Jim Varney) challenged by a muscle-bound inmate in Ernest Goes to Jail (1990):
-- An inamate: ' You're not gonna chicken-out now, are ya?'
-- Ernest P. Worrell: ' I don't know the meaning of the word chicken.'

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The common domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus) or its young.

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A bird, of the Class Aves, which is often eaten for its meat.

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(Noun) delicious food

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(Noun) a domestic fowl (type of bird)

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(Adjective) a person showing great fear

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