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chook
(chook)
Pronunciation:
/tʃʊk/
(also
chookie
/ˈtʃʊki/)
noun
Australian
/
NZ
informal
1
a chicken or fowl.
2
derogatory
an older woman.
Origin:
1920s
: probably from English dialect
chuck
'chicken', of imitative origin
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