Chook

/tʃʊk/ noun

An Australian or New Zealand slang word for a chicken.

From Hindi 'chukha' or possibly from the sound chickens make. It entered Australian English in the early 1900s and became the standard informal term for chicken in Australia and New Zealand.

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