chookyard

noun

chookyard

noun

Etymology From chook + yard.

1

Australia, New Zealand A chicken run.

The chooks ran free in the paddock behind the chookyard, where the house cow also grazed.2002, Susan Hawthorne, Wild Politics: Feminism, Globalisation, Bio/diversity, →ISBN, page 177:
I walked over to the chookyard, where my dad's voice had come from.2013, Yasar Duyal -, Paper Clips, →ISBN, page 141:

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Oblivious to the scorching heat and rising wind she turned her tear-stained face towards the pigsty and chookyard, setting off at yet another frenzied pace.2018, The Outback: Anthology of Short Stories, →ISBN:

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