henwife
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Alternative forms
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Noun
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English
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Alternative forms
hen-wife
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Etymology
hen
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wife
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Noun
henwife
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plural
henwives
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A
woman
in charge of domestic
fowl
; sometimes used
contemptuously
about
men
.
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