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hen hawk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hen hawk1
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
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Example Sentences
I knew that old hen-hawk meant trouble for me—and the trouble came, all right.
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I spent an hour to-day trying to shoot a hen-hawk that's been hovering about the shack all afternoon.
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We discovered a hen-hawk's nest on the top of a tall oak thirty or forty rods from the shanty and approached it cautiously.
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There's a certain Walter Butler in this town, arrived like a hen-hawk from the clouds, and peep!
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Indeed, seen walking at a distance, he looks like our Bobolink expanded to the size of a large hen-hawk.
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