in full feather
Example Sentences
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That everyone was in full feather at this restaurant, Les Trois Chevaux, was no coincidence.
From New York Times • May 17, 2022
The magistrate is incredulous, and declares that he would sooner believe that the fowls on which he was dining would rise again in full feather.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829 by Various
He was the War Lord in full feather, and the world at that time looked with dread upon this new and somewhat blatant apostle of militarism.
From A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict by Marshall, Logan
Preciosa was in full feather and in high colour; she seemed like a sumptuous pocket-edition of some work bound more richly, perhaps, than it deserved to be.
From Under the Skylights by Fuller, Henry Blake
They are now in full feather again and proud of their handsome coats.
From Wild Animals I Have Known by Seton, Ernest Thompson
