"chick-blind" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chick-blinds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chick-blind (plural chick-blinds)
  1. (India, Pakistan, Malaysia) Synonym of chick (“screen or blind made of bamboo and twine”) Tags: India, Malaysia, Pakistan Synonyms: chick [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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