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Clucking hen

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1804, OED Evaluation: N/A

a hen that clucks, hence a brooding or sitting hen,

ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: What do you call um a hen that's sitting on eggs? Speaker: Clucking-hen.
a hen that clucks, hence a brooding or sitting hen,
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: Oh, I see. What did you call a hen that was sitting on eggs? Not- Speaker: Ah, as- as, ah- that was a clucking hen. (laughs) A clucking hen.
a hen that clucks, hence a brooding or sitting hen,
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: The clucker. Interviewer: The one on the- on the nest? Interviewer: The clucking hen was the only one, you-see.
a hen that clucks, hence a brooding or sitting hen,