chick|en-and-egg

chick|en-and-egg
chick|en-and-egg «CHIHK uhn uhnd EHG», adjective.
involving the dilemma of not knowing which of two things is the cause and which the effect: »

The chicken-and-egg argument over slave status and race prejudice—which came first and which caused which... (Harper's).


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