variants:
or Rock Cornish game hen
or less commonly Rock Cornish
Definition of Rock Cornish hen
: a domestic chicken produced by interbreeding Cornish and white Plymouth Rock chickens and used especially for the production of small, well-fleshed roasters weighing under 2 pounds — compare cornish game hen
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The first known use of Rock Cornish hen was in 1956
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