chicken run

British

noun

the departure of white residents from South Africa

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Example Sentences

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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 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

As we now know, Mr Zuma's "essential security upgrades" included a swimming pool, an amphitheatre, a chicken run and a visitors' centre.

From BBC • May 29, 2015

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

From Economist • Aug. 28, 2014

An instant later Taran heard a loud clucking and squawking from the chicken run.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

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