fine feather

Example Sentences

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Without benefit of egg, he was born 50 years ago this week in a movie called The Wise Little Hen, and Donald Duck is still in fine feather.

From Time Magazine Archive

I shall not come with a sword in my hand nor a gun nor a fine feather in my cap flying about.

From Jemmy Stubbins, or the Nailer Boy Illustrations of the Law of Kindness by Anonymous

At any rate they do it gently, and both Mrs. Barnett and this young lady are birds of a very fine feather.

From Sweetapple Cove by Van Schaick, George

However, the latter had lived awhile in Russia, and knew that the person referred to as an "uchitel" is never looked upon as a bird of fine feather.

From The Gambler by Hogarth, C. J.

And at Mrs Murchison's tea party he was certainly, as John Murchison afterward said, "in fine feather."

From The Imperialist by Duncan, Sara Jeannette