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hen fruit

noun

, Facetious.
  1. a hen's egg or eggs.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hen fruit1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
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Example Sentences

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

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

And please forbear showing your appreciation by the customary liberal supply of ancient hen fruit, tomatoes, and cabbage flowers.

And the apparently ignorant man disappeared, soon to re-appear with a paper sack full of hen fruit.

You can have all the fruit you want to; but I demand the pair of hen-fruit, too.

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