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henpeck

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɛnpɛk/Sorted ceehknpStarts with HEnds with K0 clues
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Definitions

  1. To nag persistently.

Word origin

From hen + peck.

Used in a sentence

  • But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all?
  • He wears a beard, and he likes his women to be slaves. What man doesn’t? What man would be henpecked, I say? We will cut off all the heads in Christendom or Turkeydom rather than that.
  • I don't want to hen-peck you ! Hen-pecking is shocking bad taste. But I won't be a slighted, neglected wife; I have a spirit of my own, and I won't meekly submit to be ignored.

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