in high feather
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After a screen test he was offered a contract by Paramount, went home in high feather to get his pappy's consent.
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Public utilities and railroads are in high feather; their stocks are rising steadily in Wall Street; they are planning elaborate and significant mergers.
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Last week Arthur Upham Pope, director of the Exhibition, returned to London from Persia in high feather, announced results of his foray.
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In the Commons, Mr. David Lloyd George was in high feather as he twitted Sir Austen.
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Zachar was in high feather over the success of his speech and loath to leave the atmosphere of adoration that surrounded him here; but an important engagement forced him to take his departure.
From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Abraham Cahan
