chicken coop
Americannoun
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chicken coops
plural
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a coop for chickens.
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Fox Hunting. a device for making it easier for a horse to jump wire fences, consisting of two wooden panels set on opposite sides of the fence with the tops of the panels joined at an angle so as to cover the wire.
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Etymology
Origin of chicken coop
First recorded in 1780–90
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You had an M.B.A. and were living in a chicken coop without running water.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
The home features a “state-of-the-art gym and wellness area,” a home theater, a catering kitchen, a tennis court, a vegetable garden, a chicken coop, and a koi pond.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025
If you, like me, are a connoisseur of ridiculous how-to TV, said pastime fits the profile of a woman of means with a backyard chicken coop and a Viking range.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
"The chicken coop and the fig tree whose fruits we shared together are now a thing of the past."
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2025
On Saturday nights they played at a dance hall in nearby Blyn, where a farmer had turned, with the addition of some strings of electric lights, his chicken coop into Sequim’s most popular dance venue.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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