chicken-in-a-basket
n.— «I was once in this apalling cabaret trio, and we were playing in Liverpool at a place that was part of what was known in England as the chicken-in-a-basket circuit.» —“Legg Fuses Passion, Method” by John Foyston Oregonian (Portland, Ore.) Mar. 10, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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