hen fruit

noun

Facetious.

1. a hen's egg or eggs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hen fruit¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

“Who’s going to try the fishing today?” asked Jack, as they were partaking of their bacon and egg breakfast, a supply of the hen fruit having been obtained on the previous day from a Canadian farmer, near whose place the little fleet of motor boats had stopped.

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

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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.

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There was only nine hundred samples of hen fruit in town, and one store had a corner on them.

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

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