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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
henpeck .
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Examples
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Book three starts with a bitchy aspiring politician who neglects her son and henpecks her husband while preaching the virtue of the ikigami program.
Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit Books 1-3 » Manga Worth Reading 2009
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She henpecks her terrorized husbands even beyond their graves.
A Gloriously Musical Play for Voices Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2011
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I love everything about it, from Cary Grant's silver suit to the notion that he has a formidable mother who henpecks him.
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