Chookhouse

Pronunciation

• Australia IPA: /ˈtʃʊkhæɔs/
• UK IPA: /ˈtʃʊkhaÊŠs/

Origin

From chook + house

Full definition of chookhouse

Noun

1. (AU, colloquial) A henhouse.
• 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 178:The hens were my witness to the ghost. They set up the sort of fuss and panic you hear when a snake enters the chookhouse late at night.