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Meanings of fat hen in anglès

European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb.

Usage of fat hen in anglès
1
To-day he stood forth with confidence and told about a fat hen.
Americans All / Stories of American Life of To-Day
2
Among these was a foolish, fat hen who lived in Farmer Green's henhouse.
The Tale of Grumpy Weasel / Sleepy-Time Tales
3
Watched a regal python constrict a fat hen before consuming it.
The new yorker
4
If I could have just one fat hen that is all I would ask.
Bowser the Hound
5
It was a nice fat hen; it winked with one eye, and looked very artful.
Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
6
That would mean giving up the fat hen which he had hidden in the hollow stump.
Bowser the Hound
7
Suddenly the fat hen began running to him.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 28, 1917
8
Even my fat hen curls up and dies.
Death Mask
9
The fat hen is on the box.
McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition
10
The fat hen has left the nest.
McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition
11
So Blacky followed, and his eyes twinkled when he saw Reddy hide the fat hen in the hollow stump.
Bowser the Hound
12
This is a fat hen.
McGuffey's Eclectic Primer, Revised Edition
13
I hope he chose a good fat hen, and not one of your tough old capons that sometimes come to table.
Vanishing Roads and Other Essays
14
Select a good fat hen, one pound of bacon strip, and one dozen whole black peppers, and boil together until quite done.
Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book
15
Worrall Thompson, who mixed up the noxious weed with the distinctly more edible fat hen, admitted the mistake was "embarrassing".
The Guardian
16
Two long legs with great curving claws reached down in, and a moment later that fat hen was disappearing over the tree tops.
Bowser the Hound
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Fat hen across language varieties
United Kingdom
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