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

But rows of fat hens roosted contentedly in their roosting boxes, with their red-combed heads nestled into their plump bodies.

From Literature

For main course, fat hen pesto bake, with more fat hen as a side dish, washed down with sparkling elderflower wine.

From Seattle Times

“Thanks to Gott you survived. But you are so thin, liebchen. You look just like your mother, she works so hard. Here, two fat hens for you and your family. And have some eggs.”

From Literature

Here be hams, marrow bones, pies of herons, ortolans, fat hens, as for great lords!

From Project Gutenberg

I wad gie the price o' sax fat hens to see her.

From Project Gutenberg