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Mother hen   /mˈəðər hɛn/   Listen
Mother hen

noun
1.
A person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way).
2.
A hen with chicks.





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"Mother hen" Quotes from Famous Books



... conclusive piece of evidence in favour of mental heredity which it is possible to adduce—namely, that of the brood of ducklings, who, in spite of the unmistakable manifestations of alarm on the part of a frantic foster-mother hen, take to the water and enjoy it ...
— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory


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