fat hen

British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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 Bancroft, Jessie Hubbell

"My mother killed a fat hen yesterday, sir, and you'll have a lump of bacon and flat dutch along wid it."

From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

So you see how bad it was in him not to let the old fat hen and her egg be.

From The First Little Pet Book with Ten Short Stories in Words of Three and Four Letters by Fanny, Aunt

Mother left with me a baked chicken, the same being a big, fat hen full of stuffing, rich in sage and onions; also some mince pie, old time doughnuts, and cucumber pickles.

From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Stillwell, Leander

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 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield