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Hen-peck   Listen
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hen-peck, henpeck  v. t.  (past & past part. henpecked; pres. part. henpecking)  To bother persistently with trivial complaints; to subject to petty authority; said of a woman who thus treats her male companion, especially of wives who thus dominate their husbands. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively); as, henpecked for years, he finally left her.






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"Hen-peck" Quotes from Famous Books



... For every dollar possessed by one of the ladies' husbands the other husband had five. Mrs. Fivedollars was very extravagant in her dress and domestic department, and Mrs. Onedollar was very envious and ambitious. The husband of the one dollar variety was more or less of a henpeck because he could not multiply his income by five and ...
— Skookum Chuck Fables - Bits of History, Through the Microscope • Skookum Chuck (pseud for R.D. Cumming)



Words linked to "Hen-peck" :   kick, plain, kvetch, peck, sound off



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