Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small chicken of a breed developed by crossing white Plymouth Rock and Cornish chickens, used especially for roasting.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[(Plymouth) Rock + Cornish.]

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Examples

  • I spent a particularly nauseating afternoon ramming vegetables up the wazoos of Rock Cornish game hens.

    Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer Jen Sincero 2002

  • I spent a particularly nauseating afternoon ramming vegetables up the wazoos of Rock Cornish game hens.

    Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer Jen Sincero 2002

  • I spent a particularly nauseating afternoon ramming vegetables up the wazoos of Rock Cornish game hens.

    Don’t Sleep With Your Drummer Jen Sincero 2002

  • COOK NOTES: Rock Cornish game hens are now available fresh or frozen in supermarkets.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • COOK NOTES: Rock Cornish game hens are now available fresh or frozen in supermarkets.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • COOK NOTES: Rock Cornish game hens are now available fresh or frozen in supermarkets.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • COOK NOTES: Rock Cornish game hens are now available fresh or frozen in supermarkets.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • COOK NOTES: Rock Cornish game hens are now available fresh or frozen in supermarkets.

    Make It Easy Make It Light Laurie Burrows Grad 1987

  • Tyson Foods became a household name as he popularized the Rock Cornish game hen as a high-profit specialty item; helped develop

    NYT > Home Page By ROBERT D. McFADDEN 2011

  • Tyson Foods became a household name as he popularized the Rock Cornish game hen as a high-profit specialty item; helped develop

    NYT > Home Page By ROBERT D. McFADDEN 2011

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