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Verb: hen-peck  'hen`pek
  1. Bother persistently with trivial complaints
    "She hen-pecks her husband all day long"
    - nag, peck

Derived forms: hen-pecked, hen-pecks, hen-pecking

Type of: complain, kick, kvetch [N. Amer], plain [archaic], quetch, sound off

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