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

Well, by and by the horse turned in a lane that was so packed with snow that you couldn’t tell whether it was a Featherbed Lane or not.

From Black-Eyed Susan by Phillips, Ethel Calvert