Meaning
To feed the chickens — the everyday yard chore of scattering corn and scraps for the fowl. A small picture of rural home life, done morning and evening; the harsher end of keeping fowl is to 'wring neck' when one is for the pot.
Examples
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Go feed fowl before yuh go a school.
Go feed the chickens before you go to school.
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Granny feed fowl every mawnin.
Grandma feeds the chickens every morning.
Origin
'feed' + 'fowl'. See [[fowl]], [[yard-fowl]], [[wring-neck]].
How it’s used
The yard chore of feeding chickens.