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Meanings of hen-peck in английском

To bother persistently with trivial complaints.

        Usage of hen-peck in английском
        1
        She suffered considerable annoyance at the hands of her husband, although she frequently hen-pecked him.
        Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date / Biographical Dictionary of the...
        2
        The number of Northern church-members who are hen-pecked husbands.
        Slavery Ordained of God
        3
        In fact, the bishop is hen-pecked.
        Barchester Towers
        4
        When not hen-pecking her husband this powerful lady was rearing wild animals or corresponding with the Princess Caroline.
        A Wanderer in Holland
        5
        Many marriages are breaking down under stress because "hen-pecking" wives cannot abide failure in their husbands.
        The Irish Times
        6
        Intellectual - hen-pecked you all.
        The last novel
        7
        But the husbands who have obtained the degrading name of "hen-pecked";
        The Physiology of Marriage, Part 1
        8
        Talk of being hen-pecked!
        They and I
        9
        In fact I'm the only man on it, which makes me the most hen-pecked spokesman for an RO chapter, he laughs.
        Independent.ie
        10
        He pulled her down on his knee, squeaked "Sorry, dear," in his hen-pecked-husband voice, then kissed her and said, "What an excellent idea."
        East of the sun
        11
        Sometimes they taunted him with want of courage, and called him a "night-cap" and a "hen-pecked coon," all of which made Nils uncomfortable.
        Boyhood in Norway: Stories of Boy-Life in the Land of the Midnig...
        12
        Veteran Corrie producer Bill Podmore wrote in his memoirs: As Jack Duckworth, hen-pecked hubby, would-be Romeo and loser in life, Bill found fame and fortune.
        The Guardian