"chicken pill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chicken pills [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chicken pill (plural chicken pills)
  1. (Jamaica, slang) A pill containing hormones to fatten poultry, sometimes taken by women in the hope of developing attractive curves. Tags: Jamaica, slang
    Sense id: en-chicken_pill-en-noun-gTaovYOU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Jamaican English

Inflected forms

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