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(AU, NZ) A chicken run.
The chooks ran free in the paddock behind the chookyard, where the house cow also grazed.
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(US) A chicken run.
- chickenyard81%
A US regional term for a chicken run — the enclosed outdoor space where backyard chickens scratch around, peck at the ground, and generally do chicken things. Simple, descriptive, and completely self-evident in meaning. While most people say 'chicken coop' or 'chicken run,' 'chickenyard' treats the space more like a yard — suggesting a larger, freer area where birds can roam. Common in rural American speech, especially in the South.
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(AU, colloquial) A henhouse.
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An enclosed area, attached to a chicken coop, in which poultry are allowed to run around and peck.
- chookhouse76%
Australian colloquial term for a henhouse — the structure where chickens are kept. Chook is the standard Australian informal word for a chicken, so chookhouse follows naturally as the compound for where they live. Common on Australian farms and rural properties.