fat hen

noun

1. a common plant, Chenopodium album , with small green flowers and whitish scales on the stem and leaves: family Chenopodiaceae (chenopods) Also called (US)pigweedlamb's-quarters

Example Sentences

Along with this the settlers gathered quantities of a very succulent weed known as "fat-hen," and so were kept alive.

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Almost gently Old Joe opened his mouth, closed it on the fat hen's neck, and leaped lightly to the floor with his plunder.

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He was halfway back to Willow Brook when, stopping to get a better grip on the fat hen, he was careless.

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"Indeed, it was a fine fat hen and cost several piastres," put in Mizram.

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The company sit in a row, and one of the end players begins by saying, "A good fat hen."

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