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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
chicken-shit

1947 (n.) "contemptible cowardly person;" 1948 (adj.); from chicken + shit (n.).

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chicken-shit

a. (alternative form of chickenshit English) n. (alternative form of chickenshit English)

Usage examples of "chicken-shit".

There's no court of last resort when you lay plastered to his black leather couch telling him all your dirty stories which you know damned well he repeats to rouged Pacific Heights matrons over cocktails and chicken-shit crackers with dry salami from North Beach.