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Chicken Little

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Chick·en Little  (chkn)
n.
A confirmed pessimist, particularly one who warns of impending disaster.
[After a character in a story who is hit on the head by an acorn and believes the sky is falling.]
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Noun1.Chicken Little - a fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling
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CHICKEN LITTLE So I lift your dress and kneel before your bruises-- each a corsage; plural, formal as a marriage-- thinking, this is how the story stiffed you.
Chicken Little by Atkinson, Tiffany / West Branch
You probably recall from this old English folk tale that a tiny little chicken called Chicken Little felt a rose leaf fall on her tail one day and immediately ran in great fright crying ?
This Economy Is No Fairy Tale, but ? by Michael DeVries / Finance and Investment community
Nevertheless, Chicken Little is (pardon the usage), a plucky little fellow who succeeds against the odds because he 'believes in himself and has friends who support him.
The theology of Chicken Little by Ulrich, Mariette / Catholic Insight
 
 
 
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