hen's party

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

hen's party (plural hen's parties)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A hen night.
   • 1996, Kerry Cue, Australia Unbuttoned‎^[1], part i, page 34:

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

   • 2011, Jacqueline Lunn, Under the Influence, Random House Australia, page 16,

     In Sarah′s book, big events were for weddings, birthdays, christenings and hen′s parties, not funerals. They were for the good stuff.

   • 2011, Garry Disher, Whispering Death, Text Publishing Company, Victoria, page 60,

     The 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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:bachelorette party.

References

• Macquarie Slang Dictionary (revised edition), James Lambert, 2000, →ISBN