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Not around here; I've never heard it.
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Boy, you come up with some good ones, don't you? Here are a couple links to check: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Winner+Winner+Chicken+Dinner http://ask.metafilter.com/36625/Winner-Winner-Chicken-Dinner :):)
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Never heard it. But it might be related to the 'a chicken in every pot, a car in every garage' campaign promise of presidential winner Herbert Hoover in 1928.
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not in my neck of the woods
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The only place I've ever heard it is on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.
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KFC
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Never heard it before!
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Food network Guy Fietti -
The legend tells that years ago every casino in Las Vegas had a three-piece chicken dinner with a potato and a veggie for $1.79. A standard bet back then was $2, hence when you won a bet you had enough for a chicken dinner. . or maybe . a phrase used during the late 60's early 70's at "trap league" "Meat Shoots" in Waseca, Minnesota. (sportsmen who shoot at flying clay targets in lieu of live animals) Individuals, or teams would gather on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings, to shoot clay pigeons. The team and or winner would win a frozen chicken(s) (meat shoot) to take home to eat...... the announcer or competitor would yell out "winner winner chicken dinner"
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