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
"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
I had my head in a rack of coats, and a henny customer waiting.
From Emma McChesney and Co. by Ferber, Edna
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
E ez is chawce of henny flegstown agin thet wall.
From Captain Brassbound's Conversion by Shaw, Bernard
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