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chookhouse

noun
/ˈtʃʊkhæɔs//ˈtʃʊkhaʊs/UK

Etymology

From chook + house.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as chookhouse — “chook + house”

Definitions

  1. A henhouse.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA