hen do
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hen do
First recorded in 1995–2000; hen ( def. ) + do 1 ( def. ) (in the informal sense “festive social gathering”)
Example Sentences
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"I've got my hen do next weekend for a wedding I don't actually have booked now," Miss Blood said.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2021
It’s like a group email about a hen do saying the chief bridesmaid would “love if everyone paid their deposit this week!!”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 18, 2020
Mrs Maxwell went to Benidorm in Spain for a hen do with a group of friends on 28 April 2017.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2018
So too was the procession of women, no doubt feeling the effects of the previous night's hen do, grimly lining up to avoid catching the bouquet.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 27, 2013
Those, sir, are modeled on the State-House in Paris, and are intended to shelter the youthful damsels, here assembled, as the wings of a hen do the chickens of her bosom—hem!
From The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by Cooke, John Esten
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