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nounthe sage grouse, especially the female. Origin of sage henAn Americanism dating back to 1835–45 Words nearby sage hensagebrush, sage cock, sage Derby, sage green, sage grouse, sage hen, sagenite, sage sparrow, sage thrasher, saggar, sagger Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sage henA sage-hen crouching low in sand and shadowed by wait-a-bit thorn twigs is pretty well hidden. The Red Mustang|William O. Stoddard And it was not so small, either; the blue grouse is a large and heavy bird, next to the sage-hen the largest of our grouse. With the Indians in the Rockies|James Willard Schultz "When I saw him last he was on Sage-hen Flat swinging his revolver and cursing me," and he told the story. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop|Hamlin Garland The sage-hen is abundant on the eastern flank of the Sierra. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1|Various
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