BLUE HEN'S CHICKENS


Meaning of BLUE HEN'S CHICKENS in English

noun plural

Usage: usually capitalized B&H&C

Etymology: probably from a nickname for a Delaware regiment in the Revolutionary War, known earlier as Caldwell's gamecocks, from blue hen, a kind of hen reputed to breed good gamecocks

: delawareans

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