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Submitted by Sarah on Fri, 01/20/2006 - 11:02am.

Word Spy has a good run through on how the term chickenhawk is used, along with its possible history.

Included is the definition I grew up with in Seattle, chickenhawk referred to an older adult man who preyed on boys. When I run across the word as it is more commonly used now, I still often do a double take.

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