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chicken ladder

American  

noun

Building Trades.

  1. an inclined plank with transverse cleats.

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Jimmy climbed the chicken ladder, kicked his chubby legs through the aperture, hung suspended on his fat little middle for an instant, and finally, with much panting and tugging, wriggled his plump, round body into the hen-house.

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