First Known Use: 1895
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Chicken Little
noun
Definition of CHICKEN LITTLE
: one who warns of or predicts calamity especially without justification
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Origin of CHICKEN LITTLE
from the fable in which a chick attempts to warn other barnyard animals that the sky is falling after she is struck on the head by a chance falling object
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