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hencoop

American  
[hen-koop, -koop] / ˈhɛnˌkup, -ˌkʊp /

noun

  1. a large cage or coop for housing poultry.


hencoop British  
/ ˈhɛnˌkuːp /

noun

  1. a cage for poultry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hencoop

First recorded in 1690–1700; hen + coop

Example Sentences

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Few theological animals went into the hencoop, which was a theory of the pre-existence of souls.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were wretched beyond description, living in cabins with hencoop sides and porous roofs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since his experiments, hencoop lights have been blazing at night all over the U.S., and farmers by the hundreds have turned to Jimmie Halpin for help.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said his father: "Edward, you've destroyed the Calvinistic barns, but I hope you don't delude yourself that the animals are going into your little theological hencoop."

From Time Magazine Archive

A shipwrecked sailor never clung to a hencoop with greater tenacity than did I grasp this one solitary fact, floating at large upon the wide ocean of uncertainty.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James

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