chick
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a general name given to:
(a)
a penguin chick with its mother
a general name for a baby of most kinds of birds
a chick of a hen
(b)
a chicken – the domesticated fowl – hens (and cocks) – kept for their meat and eggs
voice (call) ~~ cheep; chirp; tweet
1.
a chick — lovely young woman
a chick (noun) = a young attractive girl or woman
2.
a white hen’s chick = a spoilt child, because of too much petting
3.
as snug as a chick in wool = warm and comfortable
4.
like a three half penny chick in a wheat stubble [said of someone in difficulties or unhappy]
5.
You cannot expect the chicks to scratch for the old hen. [said of young people who do not support their old parents]
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