"chookyard" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 chookyard.ogg [Australia] Forms: chookyards [plural]
Etymology: chook + yard Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chook|yard}} chook + yard Head templates: {{en-noun}} chookyard (plural chookyards)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A chicken run. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand
    Sense id: en-chookyard-en-noun-6vGZv4yX Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, New Zealand English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chookyard meaning in English (1.9kB)

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