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Hen-peck   /hɛn-pɛk/   Listen
Hen-peck

verb
1.
Bother persistently with trivial complaints.  Synonyms: nag, peck.





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... liberty how angels fell, That now are galley-slaves in hell; How Nimrod first the trade began Of binding Slavery's chains on Man; How fell Semiramis—God damn her! Did first, with sacrilegious hammer, (All ills till then were trivial matters) For Man dethron'd forge hen-peck fetters; ...
— Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns • Robert Burns


Words linked to "Hen-peck" :   kick, plain, peck, quetch, kvetch, sound off, nag, complain


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