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henhussy

noun

Etymology

From hen + hussy.

  1. inherited from houswyf — “housewife”
  2. compounded as henhussy — “hen + hussy”

Definitions

  1. A girl or woman who tends chickens.

  2. A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman.

  3. A housewife.

    • She came forward, a henhussy in her middle forties, shaped somewhat like a thick Letter S as a consequence of upper frontal stick-out and lower rear protrusion.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA