chookhouse

noun

chookhouse

noun

UK /ˈtʃʊkhaʊs/ · AU /ˈtʃʊkhæɔs/

Etymology From chook + house.

1

Australia, Colloquial A henhouse or chicken coop.

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.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 178:

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