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chicken run

British  

noun

  1. the departure of white residents from South Africa

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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This was one of several that grew beside the chicken run in her own mother’s village backyard.

From The Guardian Nov. 3, 2016

Last month, he conceded in court that he needed to pay the government for money used to upgrade his private home, including the building of a swimming pool, amphitheatre, chicken run and cattle enclosure.

From BBC Mar. 1, 2016

Last year, an anticorruption watchdog said the state misspent more than $20 million on “security upgrades,” including a pool and chicken run at the president’s private rural homestead.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 14, 2015

A swimming pool, chicken run and tuck-shop were all built under the guise of improving security.

From Economist Aug. 28, 2014

Mr. Lucas said they’d be back to themselves once the chicken run and the nesting boxes were replaced.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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