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Meaning of chicken run | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.
  2. The act of "gapping it", i.e. emigrating from Rhodesia as a white inhabitant during the country's transition to independence.
    historical, slang

Equivalents

Deutsch Auslauf für Hühner Hühnerauslauf Hühnergehege Hühnerhof Hühnerpferch
Suomi kanatarha
Nederlands kippenren
Svenska hönsgård

Examples

“By 1979, thousands had 'gapped it', or taken the 'chicken run', as emigration was derisively known […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

chicken salad chicken salad air chicken salt chicken scratch chicken shell chicken shop

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