Meanings
- datedidiomaticIn a weakened, confused, or sickly manner.
He seemed plumb possessed of gloom, and moped around like a chicken with the pip.
1907, Stewart Edward White, chapter 15, in Arizona Nights2 more examples
Then Condy promptly got the hiccoughs from drinking his tea too fast, and fretted up and down the room like a chicken with the pip.
1899, Frank Norris, chapter 4, in BlixThen, after two prodigious parting kicks, accurately gauged and delivered, the gambler crossed over to the hotel, leaving the garrulous one to pick himself out of the dust, gasping like a chicken with the pip.
1914, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 6, in The Long Chance
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