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Specialty Expressions: BLUE HEN

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Blue HenLiterature1: Your mother was a blue hen, no doubt. A reproof give to a braggart. (See above.)
2: Captain Caldwell used to say that no cock could be truly game whose mother was not a blue hen. As Caldwell commanded the 1st Delaware regiment in the war, the State of Delaware was nicknamed Blue Hen. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Blue Hen Chicken7   Blue Hen Chicken7
Blue Hen Stakes4   Blue Hen Conference3
Blue Hen Conference3   Blue Hen Stakes4

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