sage hen
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sage hen
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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“Until that happens, funding for any potential ESA rule with respect to the sage hen should be withheld.”
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2014
My blood began to simmer like sage hen stew.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
One of Loyd's men shot a sage hen, which is a species of grouse somewhat larger than a prairie hen.
From Journal of a Trip to California by the Overland Route Across the Plains in 1850-51 by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Every rabbit that shot across the path, every sage hen that flew up by the trail, was like a runaway thought, a message that one sent into the desert.
From The Song of the Lark by Cather, Willa Sibert
With another he crushed a monsthrous sage hen, at wanst th' most threacherous an' th' hardiest iv th' beasts iv th' wild.
From Mr. Dooley Says by Dunne, Finley Peter
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