chicken pill

plural chicken pills

1. JamaicaslangA pill containing hormones to fatten poultry, sometimes taken by women in the hope of developing attractive curves.

   Some go so far as to take hormones ("the chicken pill") to develop big bottoms and breasts.

   2004, Steeve O. Buckridge, The Language of Dress, page 187

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   Chicken pills are used to fatten poultry and sold in animal feed stores for two US dollars a dozen. They contain hormones which can lead to breast cancer. Tanesha says there's been a shortage lately. The chicken pills were sold out all over Kingston, and the stores started to require proof that the buyers actually have a chicken farm […]

   2022, Matthias Drawe, The World is My Oyster (Volume 1: Around the World in 30 Stories)