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/mˈəðər hɛn/ Listen

Mother hen

noun

A person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way).

A hen with chicks.

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Etymology of 'Mother hen'

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"Mother hen" Quotes from Famous Books

... their ball again, Bunny and Sue could play once more. And the next day the little chickens did hatch. Up to the house came the old mother hen with eleven little, fluffy, yellow balls, almost as round as Bunny's ball, but of course not ...

— Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue on Grandpa's Farm • Laura Lee Hope

... poplar grove, I waded, where my pets were wont to rove: And there I found the foolish mother hen Brooding her chickens underneath a tree, An easy prey for foxes. "Chick-a-dee," Quoth I, while reaching for the downy things That, chirping, peeped from out the mother-wings, "How very human is your folly! When There waits a haven, pleasant, bright, and ...

— Maurine and Other Poems • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Words linked to "Mother hen" : someone, somebody, individual, soul, mortal, biddy, person, hen