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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


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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.

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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."

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

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

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On the further side of the room was a wooden framework resembling a hencoop, and in this, still absorbed in prayer, knelt the man whose voice I heard.

From The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by A. Conan Doyle

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