sage hen
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sage hen
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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“Until that happens, funding for any potential ESA rule with respect to the sage hen should be withheld.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2014
My blood began to simmer like sage hen stew.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
The Chisera Yes, he would brood upon it like a sage hen, until he had hatched mischief.
From The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts by Austin, Mary Hunter
The bird had a duck's body, the head of a common eagle and the feet of a sage hen.
From Remarks by Nye, Bill
Out of nowhere, seemingly, struts a sage hen with her brood; another and yet another materializes under your feet until it seems as if the very soil was being transmuted into patches of gray-speckled life.
From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank
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