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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

... conclusive piece of evidence in favour of mental heredity which it is possible to adduce—namely, that of the brood of ducklings, who, in spite of the unmistakable manifestations of alarm on the part of a frantic foster-mother hen, take to the water and enjoy it ...

— Grain and Chaff from an English Manor • Arthur H. Savory

... 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

... any hand to play any games 'cept 'Chick. Chick.' You'd ketch 'hold a hands and ring up. Had one outside was the hawk and some inside was the hen and chickens. The old mother hen would say ...

— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - Volume II. Arkansas Narratives. Part I • Work Projects Administration