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Definition

In a weakened, confused, or sickly manner.

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In Context

  • "Then Condy promptly got the hiccoughs from drinking his tea too fast, and fretted up and down the room like a chicken with the pip."
  • "He seemed plumb possessed of gloom, and moped around like a chicken with the pip."
  • "Then, after two prodigious parting kicks, accurately gauged and delivered, the gambler crossed over to the hotel, leaving the garrulous one to pick himself out of the dust, gasping like a chicken with the pip."
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See Also

  • like a chicken with its head cut off