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chicklet, n.
Brit. |ˈtʃɪklɪt|, U.S. |ˈtʃɪklət|
[‹ chick n.1 + -let suffix.]
1. A young bird; a small chick.
1886Delta (Pa.) Herald (Electronic text) 9 July The chirp of chicklets..and all that is fresh in nature. 1918Times 5 July 9 They soon achieve proficiency in handling the newly-hatched chicklets. 1975J. L. Anderson Night of Silent Drums (1992) i. ii. 8 Scattering the self-important bantam cock and his harem and chicklets. 1990Toronto Star (Nexis) 1 July d2 Somebody gave us two chickens with little chicklets.
2. slang. A young woman. Cf. chick n.1 3b.
1922S. Lewis Babbitt xiii. 172 The painless chicklets of the Wrollicking Wrens are the cuddlingest bunch that ever hit town. 1993Evening Standard (Nexis) 29 Oct. 5 When chicklets (that's girls) and their boyfs (boyfriends) get together, it's the only way to communicate. 2000Vanity Fair Feb. 64/2 Women in the Mob movies tend to be either nightclub bimbos decked out in acrylic hair..Rat Pack chicklets—or troubled spouses minding the fort as the menfolk are off playing cards. |