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hen night

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noun

  1. Also called: stagetteinformal a party for women only, esp held for a woman shortly before she is married Compare hen party stag night

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Mr Mowat, 50, who said he had been friends with Mr Leslie since high school, said he saw him dancing with the woman in the club, where she was celebrating her hen night.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2018

BBC presenter Dan Walker can look forward to wedding bells too, after he was was invited to the wedding of the woman gatecrashed his live Olympics broadcast while out with friends on her hen night.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2016

And, at 51, he still justifies Fry's gag about the TV audience being "as welcome as George Clooney at a hen night".

From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2013

This follows them as they plan the wedding, from the reception at an 80s music festival to a raucous stag and hen night in Brighton.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2012

He told the court he was left devastated after Ms Whyte called off their wedding after her hen night in Newcastle, a week before the ceremony was due to take place.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2011

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