Food & Drink · New Zealand slang

Chook

A chicken — the live, clucking kind or occasionally the roast.

"The chooks got out of the run again."

"Chuck a chook in the oven for tea."

by Bren · reader submitted

Origin & notes

Trans-Tasman poultry standard.

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