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henpecked

[hen-pekt] / ˈhɛnˌpɛkt /


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He went on to star in the spin-off George and Mildred, in which Murphy played a henpecked George Roper opposite fellow Theatre Workshop actress Yootha Joyce as his wife.

From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2025

Michael Burlingame, a professor of history at the University of Illinois Springfield, said that other than treating Lincoln as a “classic henpecked husband,” at face value there’s nothing funny about Mary Todd Lincoln.

From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

“His shoulder-rolling caricature of this suave, foppish and thoroughly henpecked kingpin is the film’s biggest treat,” wrote New York Times movie critic Janet Maslin.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2021

A henpecked husband looks to his talking dog for consolation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2021

“I swear, Gitl, that man is already henpecked and not even married to you yet.”

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen


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