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newpotato | 14:27 Tue 28th Sep 2010 | Phrases & Sayings
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why do we say chicken for cowards?
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The earliest known use of chicken - as a noun - in this way occurs in Shakespeare's play, Cymbeline. It is based on the fact that real chickens tend to be fearful and defenceless. It was revived in America in the 1930s - as an adjective - meaning cowardly.
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