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chicken hawk

Syllabification: (chick·en hawk)
(also chickenhawk)
Definition of chicken hawk

noun

  • 1a hawk of a type that is reputed to prey on domestic fowl.
  • informal an older man who seeks younger men or boys as sexual partners.
  • 2 informal a person who speaks out in support of war, yet has avoided active military service.

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