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chicken snake

noun

  1. a striped rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta, of the southeastern United States, reaching a length of 4 to 7 feet (1.2 to 2.1 meters).


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chicken snake1

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10

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Example Sentences

He kills them as easily as he does the innocent “chicken snake” or the black constrictor.

She went to the cage, and found a chicken-snake twined in and out of the wires.

One time me and my sister was spinning and old Mistress went to the well-house and she found a chicken snake and killed it.

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