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Definition of Henpecks
1. henpeck [v] - See also: henpeck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Henpecks
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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