Meaning of cock in the henhouse | Babel Free

Definitions

A man in a situation where he has access to many women, presumably intending to seduce them.

figuratively, idiomatic

Examples

“Elizabeth's divorce would cut her loose to go her merry, cheating way; which left him free as a cock in the henhouse to seek female companionship”

“But his strutting like a cock in the henhouse had done him no good with the privy council, nor with his brother the Lord Protector, nor even with his nephew the young king.”

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