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Definition of Chook
1. Noun. (Australia New Zealand slang) A hen; a cooked chicken; a chicken dressed for cooking. ¹
2. Noun. (Australia dated) A fool. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chook
1. a chicken [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chook
Literary usage of Chook
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The India Directory: Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies by James Horsburgh (1852)
"There are Two High White Rocks lying about 4 miles North of Little chook- chow,
which are separated from each other half a mile ; the southern one is in lat ..."
2. For lack of gold by Charles Gibbon (1871)
"chook, chook, chook !' she cried, and the hens came scurrying to her ... There are
some fine birds among them, sir,' she answered; ' chook, chook, chook. ..."
3. Corean Words and Phrases: Being a Handbook and Pocket Dictionary for by John W. Hodge (1902)
"Zf . Damp To be chook-chook-hah-o, ^.^.-5- ^_ This tiling is damp, put it out in
the wind to dry, E-gussie chook-chook-hah- nee kaw-'poong ..."
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