chookhouse
English
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edit- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtʃʊkhæɔs/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʃʊkhaʊs/
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Noun
editchookhouse (plural chookhouses)
- (Australia, colloquial) A henhouse.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 178:
- The hens were my witness to the ghost. They set up the sort of fuss and panic you hear when a snake enters the chookhouse late at night.