featherbed

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It is not Arjan Gjushi’s fault if the subcontractors brought their dumptrucks to the site more than an hour early and blocked Featherbed Lane.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2018

A farmer's testimony that he saw a parked car on the road which runs down the south side of the estate, Featherbed Road, at 7:30 on the evening of the abduction.

From Time Magazine Archive

Featherbed service rules began to get abusive after World War I, when the unions sought to offset layoffs and share speed-up savings by stretching the work.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ahead of me and approaching fast, at about 30 knots, the daymarks delineating the narrow channel through Featherbed Bank, dividing Biscayne Bay at a point about halfway between Miami and Key Largo.

From Time Magazine Archive

Coming home it was a gorgeous winter's night on the Featherbed Mountain.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James