chicken hawk

noun

1. Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry.
2. Slang. an older man who seeks out young boys as sexual partners.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chicken hawk¹

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

That notion of Dorothy's was as wild as—as the flight of that chicken-hawk sailing over the barnyard.

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The name of Chicken Hawk is often applied to it, though it does not deserve the name, its diet being of a more humble kind.

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"There wouldn't be any chicken-hawk around here in these woods," said Joan.

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Or a chicken hawk will settle in our icebox and we'll starve to death.

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She actilly did seem as if she was made out of steel springs and chicken-hawk.

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