Definitions
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- noun architecture The narrow side of
chimney stack, ahaunch . - noun architecture The side of an
arch from the topmost part (crown ) to the bottommost part (impost ). - verb comics To be a
henchman orhenchwoman , usually for asupervillain . - adjective UK, slang Big, strong, and
muscular .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“It is illegal to lie to a notary,” the henchman said, as he shifted his hench from one shoulder to the other.
Don Miguel Quesadilla, Disgraced Notary Public Con Chapman 2011
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“It is illegal to lie to a notary,” the henchman said, as he shifted his hench from one shoulder to the other.
Don Miguel Quesadilla, Disgraced Notary Public Con Chapman 2011
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Caught in the vamp-vs.-werewolf standoff between the Salvatore bros and the vengeful Jules with hunky new Brady as her hench-wolf, poor Caroline is shot in the head, trapped in a cage and repeatedly shot, sprayed and tortured by Caleb until novice were-teen Tyler is delivered.
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There were so many loopholes and shelters that only the chumps got that big of a bite taken out of their pockets - hench the alternative minimum tax was created.
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The traffic trying to foolishly cross the city was absolutely hench ..
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In an all-bird battle, those toys sent Robin up against the Penguin and two little gun-toting hench-penguins.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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As far as Back Room Deal Obama and his hench woman Pelosi and Mr. Reid they will go up in flames at the first possable election moment.
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In an all-bird battle, those toys sent Robin up against the Penguin and two little gun-toting hench-penguins.
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Should Weeks be concerned about Goodkind hiring vicious henchmen?....hench-cats?
Brent Weeks Answers Questions Five Neth 2009
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That spiel from the photographer about his battle against sexual inequalities and such is nothing more than a thinly-veiled attempt to get some feminist backside waving in front of his semi-erect self, and to get some hench pictures of boobies and so forth.
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It’s called Hench, a term meaning strong and muscular.
Joy of pecs: Jessica Fostekew, the weightlifting comic shredding body fascism Rachael Healy 2020
AnWulf commented on the word hench
This is UK slang ... per other info most likely London slang.
The root of the word means horse: O.E. hengest "horse, stallion, gelding," from P.Gmc. **hangistas (cf. O.Fris. hengst, Du. hengest, Ger. Hengst "stallion"). Related to henchman (“high-ranking servant”).
September 10, 2011
AnWulf commented on the word hench
This is UK slang ... per other info most likely London slang.
The root of the word means horse: O.E. hengest "horse, stallion, gelding," from P.Gmc. **hangistas (cf. O.Fris. hengst, Du. hengest, Ger. Hengst "stallion"). Related to henchman (“high-ranking servant”).
September 10, 2011