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fat hen

British

noun

Also called (US): pigweed, lamb's-quarters. a common plant, Chenopodium album , with small green flowers and whitish scales on the stem and leaves: family Chenopodiaceae (chenopods)

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Each of the others in turn must then say, "A good fat hen."

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

The company sit in a row, and one of the end players begins by saying, "A good fat hen."

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Presently a fat hen, attracted by the corn, approached the hidden fox, whereupon he rushed out and seized her.

From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs

Just imagine how Reddy felt when at last he awoke and there was not so much as a feather from a fat hen anywhere about, while his stomach fairly ached with emptiness.

From Bowser the Hound by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

VARIATION.—For younger players, the following list may be found better:— A big fat hen.

From Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft

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