Henpeck [Verb.]

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To nag persistently.

‘But Mrs. Proudie is not satisfied with such home dominion, and stretches her power over all his movements, and will not even abstain from things spiritual. In fact, the bishop is henpecked.’ – Trollope. A. 1875. Barchester Towers (Chapter III) p. 22

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