chicken tractor in English

Forms: chicken tractors [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: So called because it serves some functions of a tractor, such as weeding and fertilizing. Attestations from the 1970s exist, according to the metadata connected with snippet views in Google Book Search results. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chicken tractor (plural chicken tractors)

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"chicken tractor" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms