Definition of Henpecks

1. Verb. (third-person singular of henpeck) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Henpecks

1. henpeck [v] - See also: henpeck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Henpecks

hennoxazoles
henny
henoch-schoenlein syndrome
henogenesis
henological
henology
henotheism
henotheisms
henotheist
henotheistic
henotheists
henotic
henpeck
henpecked
henpecking
henpecks (current term)
henpuye
henries
henritermierite
henroost
henroosts
henry
henryite
henrymeyerite
henrys
hens
hens' night
hens' nights
hens' teeth
hent

Literary usage of Henpecks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1907)
"Fricka is a scold who henpecks her poor spouse—when she does not fawn on him. Mime and Alberich are grotesque dwarfs, no more, no less. ..."

2. The Stage in the Twentieth Century: Third Volume by Robert Grau (1912)
"A business of $15000 a week has been common even in mid-Summer, while with the recent production, "The henpecks" and "The Never Homes" the average weekly ..."

3. Wit and Humor of Bench and Bar by Marshall Brown (1899)
"He has a wife of matrimonial propensities that henpecks the remainder of his days with soothing and bewitching verbosity. He has a family of domestic ..."

4. Votes for Men by Mary Eleanor Gawthorpe (1913)
"The best woman alive henpecks if you let her. Her social conscience is not large, nor meant to be. Her duty to cherish and develop the individual child, ..."

5. The Technique of the Photoplay by Epes Winthrop Sargent (1913)
"There is a club of henpecks and in the gymnasium each has a dummy figure of his wife that he uses as a punching bag. Hubby talks of his "other wife" in his ..."

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