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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Chick′en Lit′tle, - a person who constantly warns that a calamity is imminent;
a vociferous pessimist:The Chicken Littles are warning that the stock market will collapse.
- from a character in nursery tales (also known as Henny Penny, Chicken-Diddle, or Chicken-Licken) who, when struck on the head by an object from above, panics and believes that the sky is falling
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