chickenry

noun

chickenry

noun

Etymology From chicken + -ry.

1

Rare A hen house or chicken coop, a place in which chickens are reared.

  • Not "by the brook," as Halleck sings, but by the chickenry,1857, Maria Honetcombe, “Letters from la Ruche”, in Arthur's Home Magazine:
  • The bio-gas could also utilize waste from piggeries, chickeneries and human beings.1980, Jyoti K. Parikh, Energy systems and development:
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  • The chickenry next door, which looked suspiciously small to house a thousand birds, was also a complete wreck.1994, Samantha Weinberg, Last of the pirates: the search for Bob Denard:

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