Chook raffle is an Australian tradition of "
raffling off", often in
clubs
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
or
pubs
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
, a "
chook
Chook is an Australian/New Zealand slang term for a chicken.
Chook or chooks may also refer to:
People
* Chook Sibtain (born 1969), Joplin Sibtain, English actor
* Charles "Chook" Fraser (1893–1981), Australian rugby league footballer
* Bill ...
", which is an
Australian slang
Australian English is a major variety of the English language spoken throughout Australia. Most of the vocabulary of Australian English is shared with British English, though there are notable differences. The vocabulary of Australia is drawn ...
term for a chicken. Most often the chicken is prepared by a
butcher
A butcher is a person who may Animal slaughter, slaughter animals, dress their flesh, sell their meat, or participate within any combination of these three tasks. They may prepare standard cuts of meat and poultry for sale in retail or wholesal ...
, but live chickens are sometimes raffled. The chook raffle is 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 is also used to describe any
random process. An example is selecting the winner of an
election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
by drawing a name from a hat, said to be turning the process into a "chook raffle".
References
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External links
*Sydney Morning Herald article
''Chook Raffle'' 22 October 2003
Lotteries
Meat
Chickens
Australian English