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English Dictionary: hen-peck by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hen-peck
v
  1. bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"
    Synonym(s): nag, peck, hen-peck
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Henpeck \Hen"peck`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Henpecked}; p. pr. &
      vb. {Henpecking}.]
      To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus
      treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle
      (often adjectively).
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