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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: hen-peck (0.02460 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to hen-peck.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hen-peck
hen-peck
v : bother persistently with trivial complaints;
“She nags her
husband all day long” [syn:
nag,
peck]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: hen-peck
henpeck
\hen"peck`\, hen-peck
\hen"-peck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Henpecked; p. pr. & vb.
Henpecking.]
To bother persistently with trivial complaints; to subject to
petty authority; -- said of a woman who thus treats her male
companion, especially of wives who thus dominate their
husbands. Commonly used in the past participle (often
adjectively); as, henpecked for years, he finally left her.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
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