chickens for Colonel Sanders in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "After Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.",
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          "text": "Women for Trump? More like Chickens for Colonel Sanders!"
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        "(slang, derogatory) People who support either an individual, especially a politician, or a cause seen as harmful to their best interests."
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  "word": "chickens for Colonel Sanders"
}

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  "etymology_text": "After Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "like turkeys voting for Christmas"
    }
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"chickens for Colonel Sanders" meaning in English

Noun