"like a chicken with the pip" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-like a chicken with the pip.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} like a chicken with the pip, {{en-PP}} like a chicken with the pip
  1. (dated, idiomatic) In a weakened, confused, or sickly manner. Tags: dated, idiomatic Related terms: like a chicken with its head cut off
    Sense id: en-like_a_chicken_with_the_pip-en-prep_phrase-8ZwdIR1G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1899, Frank Norris, chapter 4, in Blix:",
          "text": "Then Condy promptly got the hiccoughs from drinking his tea too fast, and fretted up and down the room like a chicken with the pip.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 15, in Arizona Nights:",
          "text": "He seemed plumb possessed of gloom, and moped around like a chicken with the pip.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1914, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 6, in The Long Chance:",
          "text": "Then, after two prodigious parting kicks, accurately gauged and delivered, the gambler crossed over to the hotel, leaving the garrulous one to pick himself out of the dust, gasping like a chicken with the pip.",
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        "In a weakened, confused, or sickly manner."
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          "weaken",
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        ],
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        "(dated, idiomatic) In a weakened, confused, or sickly manner."
      ],
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        {
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        }
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        "(dated, idiomatic) In a weakened, confused, or sickly manner."
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