Hen

Hen

Hen commonly refers to a female animal: a chicken, other poultry, game bird, octopus, or lobster. It is also a slang term for a woman.

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Famous quotes containing the word hen:

    “Though the hen should sit all day, she could lay only one egg, and, besides, would not have picked up materials for another.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “The house-dog lost,
    the little hen escaped,
    the precious hay-rick scattered,”
    —Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)

    “A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg.”
    —Samuel Butler (1835–1902)