True Blue --now "CHICKEN"

[Charles Doyle]

I.e., 1827 for CHICKEN n.1.1.d, "A domestic fowl of any age"?  That seems like a poor definition.  Turkeys and ducks are domestic fowl, but they aren't referred to as chickens.

Why, in the OED (s.v. CHICKEN "Additions Series 1993") does CHICKEN-BREAST gain an entry, when "chicken-leg," "chicken-wing," and the names of other edible chicken parts do not?

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:54:29 -0800
>From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM>
>Subject: Re: True Blue
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU

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>Assuming that "ram-chicken" simply means "rooster," it antedates the modern use of "chicken" in OED (1812) by about two generations.
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>  JL

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