chookie

English

Etymology

From chook +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtʃʊki/
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Noun

chookie (plural chookies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A small or young domestic fowl; a chick.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 292:
      ‘Now, darling,’ she said to her client, ‘we have ten colours written on our chart so we can put our chookie back in its little house.’
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