Definition of Hen party

1. Noun. A party for women only.

Generic synonyms: Party

Definition of Hen party

1. Noun. (British) A party held for a woman who is about to be married. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hen Party

hen-of-the-woods
hen-peck
hen-wife
hen-witted
hen and chicks
hen do
hen dos
hen harrier
hen harriers
hen hawk
hen hearted
hen night
hen nights
hen of the woods
hen parties
hen party (current term)
hen pigeon
hen pigeons
hen yard
henagon
henagons
henbane
henbanes
henbit
henbits
hence
henced
henceforth
henceforward
henceforwards

Literary usage of Hen party

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

1. "Dame Curtsey's" book of party pastimes for the up-to-date hostess by Ellye Howell Glover (1912)
"A hen party DON'T for one minute think that this party was merely a convocation of the gentler sex. The men were the instigators, and this is the way it all ..."

2. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
"... where, it being a " hen party," the ices appeared in the shape of a b'g motherly hen sitting In a nest of spun sugar surrounded by eggs of vari-colored ..."

3. Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske (1888)
"At the south the Whigs were divided, one section advocating the new policy, while the other concurred with I hen- party friends at the north on the first ..."

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