Chook raffle
Encyclopedia
Chook raffle is the name given to the Australia
n tradition of 'raffling off
' chicken meat
, often in clubs.
The name derives from "chook", the Australian slang term for a chicken. Most often the chicken is prepared by a butcher, but live chickens are sometimes raffled.
The chook raffle is obviously a special case of a meat raffle
, but is more often used as a fund-raising activity by an amateur club or organisation.
Perhaps because of this association, the expression tends to be used disparagingly about someone who claims to have, or should have, superior organisational skills, that they "couldn't run a chook raffle".
The term "chook raffle" is also used to describe any random process. An example is selecting the winner of an election by drawing a name from a hat, said to be turning the process into a "chook raffle". .
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n tradition of 'raffling off
Raffle
A raffle is a competition in which people obtain numbered tickets, each ticket having the chance of winning a prize. At a set time, the winners are drawn from a container holding a copy of every number...
' chicken meat
Chicken (food)
Chicken is the most common type of poultry in the world, and is prepared as food in a wide variety of ways, varying by region and culture.- History :...
, often in clubs.
The name derives from "chook", the Australian slang term for a chicken. Most often the chicken is prepared by a butcher, but live chickens are sometimes raffled.
The chook raffle is obviously a special case of a meat raffle
Meat Raffle
A meat raffle is a tradition of raffling off meat, often in pubs and bars, common in Britain, Australia, in the USA in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and in Western Canada...
, but is more often used as a fund-raising activity by an amateur club or organisation.
Perhaps because of this association, the expression tends to be used disparagingly about someone who claims to have, or should have, superior organisational skills, that they "couldn't run a chook raffle".
The term "chook raffle" is also used to describe any random process. An example is selecting the winner of an election by drawing a name from a hat, said to be turning the process into a "chook raffle". .
External links
- Sydney Morning Herald article, Chook Raffle, 22 October 2003
- Brisbane Courier Mail article, Cloncurry mayor chosen by 'chook raffle, 1 April 2008