Usually means: Origin dilemma of cause, sequence.
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  1. chicken-and-egg: Merriam-Webster
  2. chicken-and-egg: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chicken-and-egg: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. chicken-and-egg: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. chicken-and-egg, chicken and egg: Dictionary.com
  6. Chicken and egg: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. chicken and egg: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (chicken and egg)

noun:  (usually attributively) A situation or case in which it is difficult to distinguish cause and effect, having a circular character.

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