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Definition chicken raffle in American English

chicken raffle noun

noun
1

a raffle (=a competition in which you win a prize if the number on your ticket is the same as the number on the prize) with chicken meat or sometimes a live chicken as a prize; used in Australian English

Example

Get your chicken raffle tickets right away.

2

any random process, such as a competition in which a name is drawn from a hat

Example

In Australia the Man Booker prize is sometimes seen as something of a chicken raffle.

Definition chicken raffle in American English