| 单词 | old hen |
| 释义 | > as lemmasold hen old hen n. a woman, spec. a wife (cf. hen n.1 3a); also in extended use. ΚΠ c1880 G. Meredith Old Chartist in Daily News (1897) 21 Sept. 6/1 But if I go and say to my old hen: I'll mend the gentry's boots, and keep discreet. 1901 ‘H. McHugh’ John Henry 90 The old hen with the languishing lamps was still on my trail. 1935 H. Nicolson Diary 21 Nov. (1966) 229 He says the rather dramatic circumstances of my election may arouse some jealousy in that old hen the H. of C. I must do the new-boy for six months at least. 1984 A. Smith in G. Ursell More Sask. Gold (1984) iii. vii. 371 Those two old hens in young bodies love their privacy... After supper, Rosalind will..rush back to her bachelor-girl apartment. < as lemmas |
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