feather-brained
Example Sentences
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In practice I hope that Master George and Mr Mervyn are talking tough to impress feather-brained markets so that they can win time to act less brutally.
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010
Darzee was a feather-brained little fellow who could never hold more than one idea at a time in his head.
From The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard
Lord Ewyo, please to precede us with your servants and that feather-brained priest.
From The Buttoned Sky by Reynard, Geoff St.
Of course, it was a feather-brained scheme from start to finish, and yet in a fashion it attracted her.
From The Swindler and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
He had seen feather-brained fortune-seekers gambling hopelessly with fate, suffering untold hardships for half the pay they could have gained from "honest labor."
From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Stellman, Louis J. (Louis John)
