henny

American  

[hen-ee] / ˈhɛn i /

adjective

1. (of a rooster) resembling a hen, especially in plumage.

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henny

The Yorkshire breed, which had been a favourite in that county for many years, produced henny cocks—i.e. cocks with plumage resembling that of a hen.

From Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Hugh Piper

I had my head in a rack of coats, and a henny customer waiting.

From Emma McChesney and Co. by Edna Ferber

E ez is chawce of henny flegstown agin thet wall.

From Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Bernard Shaw

Dorothy now heard the yellow hen laughing, in her cackling, henny way.

From Ozma of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

"Not thinkin' you'd mind, Sir," says Cubbins; "but if there's henny hoffense given, I asks pardon, Sir."

From On With Torchy by Foster Lincoln

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