English Explanatory Dictionary

chicken-in-a-basket circuit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Relatively small venues offering evening entertainment such as music and comedy, from the point of view of the entertainers who find work there.

Word forms

chicken-in-a-basket circuit the chicken-in-a-basket circuit

Etymology

From the ubiquity of chicken served in a basket in entertainment venues in the 1970s.

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