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chicken-and-egg

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chicken-and-egg adjective
chicken-and-egg
adjective
Learner's definition of CHICKEN-AND-EGG
used to describe a situation in which it is difficult to tell which of two things happened first难分先后的;因果难定的

chicken-and-egg

adjective

chick·​en-and-egg ˈchi-kᵊn-ən(d)-ˈeg How to pronounce chicken-and-egg (audio)
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: of, relating to, or being a cause-and-effect dilemma

Word History

Etymology

from the proverbial question "which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chicken-and-egg was in 1857

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