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- noun Plural form of
henhouse .
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Examples
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A sturdy young orchard covered most of his ten acres, though a goodly portion was devoted to whitewashed henhouses and wired runways wherein hundreds of chickens were to be seen.
CHAPTER XIV 2010
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Everyone knows that foxes shouldn't guard henhouses.
Nicholas Stephanopoulos: Foxes and Henhouses Nicholas Stephanopoulos 2011
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The Food and Drug Administration released the details yesterday of what it found in the henhouses suspected of being the source of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella.
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Even though the article reports that, "the F.D.A. said that only large-scale field trials could prove that a vaccine would work in the real world of commercial henhouses," the salmonella outbreak could easily lead to a call for more vaccines.
Alison Rose Levy: Tainted Meat/Rotten Eggs: What Does It Really Take to Make Food Safe? 2010
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The Food and Drug Administration released the details yesterday of what it found in the henhouses suspected of being the source of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella.
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After winning in federal court, DeCoster was found guilty in Maryland District Court of one charge: selling eggs from one of his quarantined henhouses to a market on the Eastern Shore in 1991.
Egg farmer in current recall battled Maryland over facilities 2010
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J.S. West spent $3.2 million to install bigger cages, known as enriched colony systems, in one of its henhouses in Modesto, Calif.
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And food safety legislation pending on Capitol Hill would require the FDA to routinely inspect high-risk food facilities, including henhouses.
As egg producers consolidate, problems of just one company can be far-reaching 2010
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Bush appointed foxes to guard the henhouses when he selected former industry officials to run agencies.
Gary D. Bass, Ph.D.: Another Shameful Attack on Our Public Protections 2010
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And food safety legislation pending on Capitol Hill would require the FDA to routinely inspect high-risk food facilities, including henhouses.
As egg producers consolidate, problems of just one company can be far-reaching 2010
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