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

She had wished to arrive at the club in fine feather, but had counted on walking home in the dusk, with her best skirts high-kilted, and saving an honest penny.

From The Butterfly House by Meylan, Paul Julian

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

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