subs. (common).—1. A free and easy gathering, or ‘sing-song,’ where females are admitted as well as males. [From COCK-AND-HEN, the male and female bird, and used figuratively for men and women, + CLUB.]
1819. T. MOORE, Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress, p. 78. A Masquerade, or Fancy Ball, given lately at one of the most fashionable COCK-AND-HEN CLUBS in St. Giles’s.
1828. G. SMEETON, Doings in London, p. 40. Introduced him to one of the ‘COCK-AND-HEN’ HOUSES near Drury-Lane Theatre, well primed with wine.
2. A club for both sexes; e.g, The Lyric.
