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Meanings of old hen in English

We have no meanings for "old hen" in our records yet.
Usage of old hen in English
1
That is to say-yes-Ihavean old hen left in the coop.
The Honor of the Name
2
I'll help you save the little chickens for the poor old hen.
Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue Playing Circus
3
I'm an old hen myself and it makes good sense to me.
Lonesome dove
4
Then an old hen was asked if she had seen Boy Blue.
The Nursery, Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1875 / A Monthly Magazine ...
5
Our old hen wants to set, and we haint got no eggs.
The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 03, March, 1889
6
Why do you keep tramping up and down like an old hen?
Through Russia
7
It is made in this hay, and the old hen is in it.
New National First Reader
8
It was an old hen, whose death set Patience crying in her weakness.
Under the Storm
9
Nest-Egg-Theegg that the old hen measures to make new ones.
The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 / A Weekly ...
10
He came in a hurry, all a-flutter like an old hen.
The Blood Ship
11
They were very small, and the old hen took good care of them.
McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition
12
She was as flustered as an old hen with one chicken.
Just Patty
13
One day, this old hen took her chickens down to a small brook.
McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition
14
You seem to have grown into a very old hen, cried Mollie disconsolately.
The Fortunes of the Farrells
15
I've always said you were just like an old hen with one chick.
The Moon out of Reach
16
I can't see after dark any more than an old hen.
A Knight of the Nineteenth Century
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Old hen through the time
Old hen across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common