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

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hen fruit

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)

"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

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

From The Haunted Bookshop by Morley, Christopher

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

Scratch the chilled hen fruit and I’m with you.”

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