Synonyms

hen night

British

noun

Also called: stagette. informal 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

The 26-year-old woman was on a hen night when the alleged incident took place at Atik in the city's Tollcross area.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2017

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 this personal memory from mancuniangeek: Went to see HH doing standup on my hen night.

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2013

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

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