Kiekefretters

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The people of Brussels, the zinnekes, are called "kiekefretters". According to the following source, during the five week siege of the castle of Gaasbeek, they devoured so many chickens that the surname was born, and stuck through the centuries !

See : http://home.scarlet.be/pajottenland/pajot/serclaes/serclaes2.htm.

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