Definitions for a chicken in every pot
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a chicken in every pot(Noun)
suggestive of general welfare or prosperity
Origin: First stated by Henry IV of France as, "I want there to be no peasant in my realm so poor that he will not have a chicken in his pot every Sunday," and later in the United States during the Hoover campaign for presidency as part of an advertisement.
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