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单词 not worth a hen
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not worth a hen
P1. In proverbial phrases, as the type of something worthless or insignificant; also more fully pulled hen (see pulled adj. 2). Frequently in negative contexts, as not to give a pulled hen, not worth a hen, etc. Cf. not to care a straw at straw n.1 7a. Obsolete.
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c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 177 He yaf noght of that text a pulled hen.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 6856 I rekke not of pore men Her astate is not worth an hen.
?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 48 That hurtis ȝow nought worth a hen; ȝour husband payis for all.
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