a term from Jamaican folklore and rural tradition that refers to a strange-looking chicken or sometimes a mythical creature resembling a fowl (chicken) but with unusual or ragged features. It is often seen as mysterious, wild, or associated with superstition.
Patois: Yuh cum outta di house a luk lakka senseh fowl.
English: You came out looking wild and scruffy
Chicken
A chicken with sparse, uneven, ruffled feathers.
Patois: Di senseh fowl a peck pon di grung.
English: The ruffled-feather chicken is pecking on the ground.
Chicken
A chicken with sparse, uneven, ruffled feathers. This term is typically used as an insult for a skinny person.
Patois: Si how yu mawga an fayva senseh fowl.
English: See how skinny you are? You resemble a senseh fowl.
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