"hen's party" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1996, Kerry Cue, Australia Unbuttoned, part i, page 34:",
          "text": "They actually call out to male strippers at hen′s parties, ‘Show us your tits.’ I would have thought that it would be more appropriate to yell, ‘Show us your vital male equipment’ or words to that effect. But no.",
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          "ref": "2007, Gemma Sisia, Saint Jude′s: A girl from Guyra, a school in Africa and the patron saint of hopeless causes, Pan Macmillan Australia, page 197:",
          "text": "A few of us from school went to her hen′s party, which was a new experience for me and the other Westerners at the school. One of the best things about the party was the advice for new brides she received — all of it traditional Tanzanian wisdom which bore a distinct resemblance to The Auatralian Women′s Weekly circa 1928.",
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          "text": "2011, Jacqueline Lunn, Under the Influence, Random House Australia, page 16,\nIn Sarah′s book, big events were for weddings, birthdays, christenings and hen′s parties, not funerals. They were for the good stuff."
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          "text": "2011, Garry Disher, Whispering Death, Text Publishing Company, Victoria, page 60,\nThe diners, this Friday evening, were a mix of locals and weekender tourists. Young, middle-aged, old. Kids on a first date, a hen′s party of shire office workers, the Waterloo postmaster and his wife, a family singing Happy Birthday to an ancient crone."
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        "A hen night."
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        "(Australia, New Zealand) A hen night."
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          "ref": "1996, Kerry Cue, Australia Unbuttoned, part i, page 34:",
          "text": "They actually call out to male strippers at hen′s parties, ‘Show us your tits.’ I would have thought that it would be more appropriate to yell, ‘Show us your vital male equipment’ or words to that effect. But no.",
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          "text": "A few of us from school went to her hen′s party, which was a new experience for me and the other Westerners at the school. One of the best things about the party was the advice for new brides she received — all of it traditional Tanzanian wisdom which bore a distinct resemblance to The Auatralian Women′s Weekly circa 1928.",
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          "text": "2011, Jacqueline Lunn, Under the Influence, Random House Australia, page 16,\nIn Sarah′s book, big events were for weddings, birthdays, christenings and hen′s parties, not funerals. They were for the good stuff."
        },
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          "text": "2011, Garry Disher, Whispering Death, Text Publishing Company, Victoria, page 60,\nThe diners, this Friday evening, were a mix of locals and weekender tourists. Young, middle-aged, old. Kids on a first date, a hen′s party of shire office workers, the Waterloo postmaster and his wife, a family singing Happy Birthday to an ancient crone."
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