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Origin of hen hawkAn Americanism dating back to 1800–10 Words nearby hen hawkhenge, Hengelo, Hengist, Hengyang, hen harrier, hen hawk, henhouse, Henie, Henle, Henle's ampulla, Henle's fissures Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hen hawkOf the hen-hawk he has observed that both the male and female take part in incubation. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7|Various Bannertail had an ancient feud with the big Hen-hawk, whose stick nest was only a mile away, high in a rugged beech. Bannertail|Ernest Thompson Seton I'd ruther trust a hen-hawk with a flock of patridges than to trust Betsey Malcolm with your affairs. The End Of The World|Edward Eggleston There's a certain Walter Butler in this town, arrived like a hen-hawk from the clouds, and peep! The Reckoning|Robert W. Chambers
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