henny
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Breakfast-time at Dr Rumsey’s, and Mrs Rumsey, in a very henny state, clucking over her brood, for whom she was cutting bread and butter.
From The Vicar's People by Fenn, George Manville
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 Piper, Hugh
Dorothy now heard the yellow hen laughing, in her cackling, henny way.
From Ozma of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
E ez is chawce of henny flegstown agin thet wall.
From Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Shaw, Bernard
"Not thinkin' you'd mind, Sir," says Cubbins; "but if there's henny hoffense given, I asks pardon, Sir."
From On With Torchy by Lincoln, Foster
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