She is resolute and impetuous, clever and domineering; she is not one of those model women who want a man to look up to, and to protect them — her beau-ideal (though she may not think it herself) is a man she can henpeck. From Wordnik.com. [No Name] Reference
Nouakchott,henpeck restrained entrusts Mississippians. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Proximity Searches:] Reference
Nouakchott, henpeck restrained entrusts Mississippians. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Proximity Searches:] Reference
The husband of the one dollar variety was more or less of a henpeck because he could not multiply his income by five and produce a concrete result. From Wordnik.com. [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference
When it became hubby's duty to cook the meals and carry half of them to bed for his better half every morning before breakfast he began to taste silly and smell sort of henpeck like. From Wordnik.com. [Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope] Reference
But because somebody emotionally batters you and degrades you -- perhaps Mary was afraid that her husband was going to find out about the Ponzi scheme and she was going to -- he was going to be so mad, but that would give all the men the right to kill their wives simply because their wives might henpeck them or get angry because they didn ` t remember their birthdays or something. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 12, 2007] Reference
"How you do henpeck me, Lolly!" he said, rather sheepishly. From Wordnik.com. [Aurora Floyd. A Novel] Reference
Was it possible that she might not be going to henpeck him after all?. From Wordnik.com. [The Way of All Flesh] Reference
Extreme insincerity. henpeck v. To worry or harass by ill temper and petty annoyances. hypocrite n. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
She kept me from speaking my mind all her life, and do you think she shall henpeck me now she is dead too?. From Wordnik.com. [The Contrast] Reference
Mrs. Stanton is of intellectual stock, impressive in manner and disposed to henpeck the convention which of course calls out resistance and much cackling. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years] Reference
Awchordeeng tew it’s naming convenshun, uh kilt shuld bii cawled sumfing liek uh henpeck…. From Wordnik.com. [Cuddles thought “Bring your pet to work day” would - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Chickenhawk henpeck begins. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: April 18, 2004 - April 24, 2004 Archives] Reference
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