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chicken hawk
noun
- Also called hen hawk. (not used scientifically) any of various hawks said to prey on poultry.
- Slang. an older man who seeks out young boys as sexual partners.
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Origin of chicken hawk1
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
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Not so long ago, Cooper’s hawks were known as chicken hawks and were hunted to near extinction because they preyed on farmers’ flocks.
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I needed to save my cluckers from coyotes and chicken hawks.
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So now today, the chicken hawks are crowing again.
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Between September and March, palomeros are especially cautious, because chicken hawks and peregrine falcons are on the hunt.
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You want to know what else Trump and his lily-livered bunch of chicken hawks are going to do?
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