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

Pegasus was in fine feather, which seems a strange thing to say of a horse, but of one whose name suggests wings, perhaps it is appropriate.

From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Speed, Nell

Lenka went into her bedroom and there, instead of her few rags on the floor, was a fine feather bed and coverlets and a painted chest full of clothes.

From Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Fillmore, Parker

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

The collars may be still further ornamented with fine feather stitching, the star stitch or French knots.

From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by McGlauflin, Idabelle