hen run
Britishnoun
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Young partridges hatched under a hen run away at once.
From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs
"We'll fix 'em," said Tom, cheerfully, while Koku brought the tools and wire to the hen run.
From Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails by Victor [pseud.] Appleton
"Didn't you never see a hen run, Mandy?" laughed Perkins.
From Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail by Ralph Connor
"What makes that hen run after you so?" asked the teacher.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach
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