hen fruit

American  

noun

Facetious.

1. a hen's egg or eggs.

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Etymology

Origin of hen fruit

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

That was the sort of excursion I was rung into; so the bunch of us piles into the wagonette and starts for a fresh supply of hen fruit.

From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Ford, Sewell

"These are eggs Samuel Butler, an invention of my own, the apotheosis of hen fruit."

From The Haunted Bookshop by Morley, Christopher

And there isn't anything I like better when camping out than plenty of hen fruit, together with the lacteal fluid from the cows.

From Chums of the Camp Fire by Leslie, Lawrence J.

"I kinder thought he would if I stayed long enough," said Hiram, with a grin; "but come along, Mandy, no hen fruit, no puddin'."

From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Pidgin, Charles Felton

Certainly we, as a nation, are rapidly becoming eaters of hens and of hen fruit.

From The Dollar Hen by Hastings, Milo M. (Milo Milton)