"hen peck" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "hen pecks",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hen pecking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hen pecked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hen pecked",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1919, Minnie Bronson, The Woman Patriot - Issues 3-4, page 8",
          "text": "Even the common scold heartily despises the husband she can “hen peck.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Robert E. Dunton, Out where the day begins, page 89",
          "text": "Muslim women do not \"hen peck\" or question their husband's late arrival home, activities, or whereabouts.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Thomas Dixon, The Flaming Sword",
          "text": "Well, Mr. Boss Contractor, I'm going to tell you some news as a reward for your letting me hen peck you.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of henpeck"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "hen peck"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hen pecks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Reggie Stroud, Broken Swan, page 20",
          "text": "\"Girls,\" Peter sneered, \"all they ever want is some good-looking, hen peck, rich guy who will do anything for them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of henpeck"
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  "word": "hen peck"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hen pecks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hen pecking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hen pecked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hen pecked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1919, Minnie Bronson, The Woman Patriot - Issues 3-4, page 8",
          "text": "Even the common scold heartily despises the husband she can “hen peck.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1982, Robert E. Dunton, Out where the day begins, page 89",
          "text": "Muslim women do not \"hen peck\" or question their husband's late arrival home, activities, or whereabouts.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Thomas Dixon, The Flaming Sword",
          "text": "Well, Mr. Boss Contractor, I'm going to tell you some news as a reward for your letting me hen peck you.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of henpeck"
      ],
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  "word": "hen peck"
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    {
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Reggie Stroud, Broken Swan, page 20",
          "text": "\"Girls,\" Peter sneered, \"all they ever want is some good-looking, hen peck, rich guy who will do anything for them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of henpeck"
      ],
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