hen-peck

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hen-peck

verb hen-pecks · hen-pecking · hen-pecked

  1. alternative Alternative form of henpeck But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all?

noun hen-pecks

  1. alternative Alternative form of henpeck "You see, I am a hen-peck," he said.

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@misc{hen_peck_2026,
  title = {hen-peck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hen-peck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}