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Digby chicken

noun

, Canadian (chiefly the Maritime Provinces).
  1. a smoked herring.


Digby chicken

/ ˈdɪɡbɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    dried herring
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Digby chicken1

First recorded in 1915–20; after Digby, a port in Nova Scotia
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Digby chicken1

after Digby , a town in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Example Sentences

It's strange that no one has given us a Digby chicken since we came here.

Any one would suppose that the Digby chicken is the only fish that grows here; yet really and truly we haven't seen one, have we, since our arrival?

I’ve growed to be a regular ‘Digby chicken,’ I’ve tarried here so long already.

He had put on his oilskins and set his oars in readiness for the first sign of distress on the face of the waters; but he had about given up hope of his pretty “Digby Chicken.”

It scarcely needed the glass he raised to show him the “Digby Chicken” riding quietly on the water not more than half a league off shore.

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