mother hen

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mother hen

A person who fusses over others in an overprotective manner.

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Noun	1.	mother hen - a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way) individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	mother hen - a hen with chicks biddy, hen - adult female chicken

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biddy guidance hen mother			But mostly Caroline's more of a mother hen to singer-guitarist James Allan, guitarist Rab Allan and bassist Paul O'Donoghue. I've got pre-musical tension; the Razz by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) Jean said: "The children that come take to her instantly, she's like a big mother hen. She's like a mother hen; Nominated for caring nature by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) But she gave up a well-paid job as a lawyer in Washington to become a stay-at-home mum who homeschools for academic reasons and because she is a self-avowed mother hen. Homeschooling goes from fringe to mainstream in US by AFP / AFP American Edition			moth bean Moth blight Moth gnat Moth hunter moth miller moth mullein moth orchid moth plant Moth-eat moth-eaten moth-hole moth-resistant mothball Mothen mother mother board Mother Carey's chicken Mother Carey's goose Mother Carey's hen mother cell Mother church mother country mother figure mother fucker Mother Goose mother hen Mother Hubbard Mother Jones Mother liquor mother lode mother love Mother Nature Mother of God Mother of Parliaments mother of the chapel mother of thyme Mother of vinegar Mother queen Mother Seton mother ship Mother Shipton mother superior Mother Teresa Mother Theresa mother tongue Mother water mother wit mother's boy mother's daughter Mother's Day mother's help			Mother Divine Public School Mother Earth's Concerned Students mother essence Mother Father Deaf Day Mother Father Sister Brother mother figure mother figure Mother Figure in Charge mother figures mother fixation Mother Freaker Is on Fire Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative Mother Friendly Workplace Initiative mother fucker Mother general mother glass Mother goddess Mother goddess Mother Goddess Gnostic Society Mother goddesses Mother Goose Mother Goose Mother Goose Asks Why Mother Goose Meets Mother Nature Mother Goose Special School System, Inc Mother Goose Tales mother hairs mother hairs mother hairs mother hairs mother hen mother hens Mother Hubbard Mother Hubbard clause Mother Hubbards Mother I would Not Like to Find Mother I'd Like to Find Mother II Mother in law Mother in law Mother in law's cushion Mother in law's tongue Mother in Law, Morbid Fear of Mother In Training mother index Mother India Community Development Association Mother Infant Unit Mother isotope Mother isotope Mother Jones Mother Jones Mother Jones Mother Knows Best Mother language Mother liquor Mother liquor Mother Load Mother Load mother lode mother lode Mother Lode (disambiguation)

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