henpeck

henpeck englanniksi

1. To nag persistently.

2. (RQ:Byron Don Juan)

3. (RQ:Thackeray Pendennis)

4. (RQ:Worboise Lady Clarissa)

5. (quote-book)

6. (Of a hen) to peck or peck at another bird.

7. (quote-book)|title=My Blue-Checker Corker and Me|publisher=Fontana/Collins|location=Sydney|page=104|text=Mrs Allsop and her bar-blue brother travelled well together in good times, but after they ducketed she would chase him from niche to niche, henpecking him while Monte tried to collar them and collect their rings.

8. A man who is meekly subservient to his wife.

9. {{quote-text|en|year=1985|author=James Mallahan Cain; Roy Hoopes; Michael Hinden|title=60 Years of Journalism|page=40