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hench-wench

hench-wench is the alternative form of henchwench.

Meaning of henchwench

Noun

henchwench (plural henchwenches)

  1. (humorous, usually) A female henchman; a henchwoman.
    • And that henchwench what hopped it dunneth there duft the.1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake

Forms of hench-wench

pluralhench-wenches

Questions about hench-wench

What is hench-wench the alternative form of?
Hench-wench is the alternative form of henchwench.

Words near hench-wench in the dictionary

  1. henceforth
  2. henceforward
  3. henceforwards
  4. hencefrom
  5. hench
  6. hench-wench
  7. hench-wenches
  8. henchboy
  9. henchboys
  10. henched
  11. hencher

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