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

So long as the hen fruit gets here unbroken Will doesn't seem to care what happens to his chums.

From The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery by Allen, Quincy

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

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

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.

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

From The Haunted Bookshop by Morley, Christopher

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)