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clucky
adjective- (of a hen) to be sitting on an egg or eggs CANADA, 1916
This term was in use in the US in the 1940s, but persists in Canadian country areas. - When a hen is on her nest, Island women say “she’s gone clucky,” and the McAndrew birds are forever going clucky. — Harry Bruce, Down Home, p. 238, 1988
- (of a woman) showing signs of pregnancy or of an intense desire for children AUSTRALIA, 1941
Extended from the conventional use referring to a broody hen. Originally and especially used of women, but now also of men. - — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 23, 1977
- I’ve never been one of these real clucky sort of females, you know, how some girls, you know, go absolutely ga-ga over a baby. — Lyn Richards, Having Families, p. 112, 1985
- Win’s been quite clucky of late. You haven’t duffed her, have you, Brian? — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 29, 1998
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